#AA99CB#AA99CB

#AA99CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.074 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA99CB
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 203)
HSL	hsl(260, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(260, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 24.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, 16.24, -23.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 28.46, 304.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0371 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.074 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7461, 35.6402, 61.3263)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA99CB #BACB99

analogous

#99A1CB #AA99CB #C399CB

triadic

#AA99CB #CBAA99 #99CBAA

tetradic

#AA99CB #CB99A1 #BACB99 #99CBC3

square

#AA99CB #CB99A1 #BACB99 #99CBC3

split-complementary

#AA99CB #CBC399 #A1CB99

monochromatic

#694F9B #8870B6 #AA99CB #CCC2E0 #EEEAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AA99CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#AA99CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA99CB

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA99CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA99CB	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa99cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.074 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7db',
    500: '#aa99cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa99cb;
$custom-light: #c3b7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa99cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.4,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71524,
    "c": 0.07389,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA99CB

secondary

#E2E7D9

accent

#AB3A85

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA99CB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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