#AA99CC#AA99CC

#AA99CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.075 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA99CC
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 204)
HSL	hsl(260, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(260, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 25%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 16.46, -23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 28.99, 304.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0374 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.075 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8656, 35.6880, 61.9560)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA99CC #BBCC99

analogous

#99A2CC #AA99CC #C399CC

triadic

#AA99CC #CCAA99 #99CCAA

tetradic

#AA99CC #CC99A2 #BBCC99 #99CCC3

square

#AA99CC #CC99A2 #BBCC99 #99CCC3

split-complementary

#AA99CC #CCC399 #A2CC99

monochromatic

#684E9C #8870B8 #AA99CC #CCC2E0 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AA99CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#AA99CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA99CC

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA99CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA99CC	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa99cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.075 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7db',
    500: '#aa99cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa99cc;
$custom-light: #c3b7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa99cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71565,
    "c": 0.07526,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA99CC

secondary

#E3E8D9

accent

#AC3986

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA99CC

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

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