#AA99CD#AA99CD

#AA99CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.077 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA99CD
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(260, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(260, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, 16.68, -24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 29.53, 304.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.0377 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.077 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9859, 35.7362, 62.5896)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA99CD #BCCD99

analogous

#99A2CD #AA99CD #C499CD

triadic

#AA99CD #CDAA99 #99CDAA

tetradic

#AA99CD #CD99A2 #BCCD99 #99CDC4

square

#AA99CD #CD99A2 #BCCD99 #99CDC4

split-complementary

#AA99CD #CDC499 #A2CD99

monochromatic

#684D9E #8870B9 #AA99CD #CCC2E1 #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AA99CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#AA99CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA99CD

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA99CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA99CD	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa99cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.077 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b7dc',
    500: '#aa99cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa99cd;
$custom-light: #c4b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa99cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.615,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71605,
    "c": 0.07664,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA99CD

secondary

#E3E8DA

accent

#AD3887

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA99CD

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

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