#AA99CE#AA99CE

#AA99CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.078 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA99CE
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 206)
HSL	hsl(259, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 25.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, 16.91, -24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 30.07, 304.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.038 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.078 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1070, 35.7846, 63.2274)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA99CE #BDCE99

analogous

#99A2CE #AA99CE #C499CE

triadic

#AA99CE #CEAA99 #99CEAA

tetradic

#AA99CE #CE99A2 #BDCE99 #99CEC4

square

#AA99CE #CE99A2 #BDCE99 #99CEC4

split-complementary

#AA99CE #CEC499 #A2CE99

monochromatic

#674DA0 #8870BA #AA99CE #CCC2E2 #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AA99CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#AA99CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA99CE

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA99CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA99CE	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa99ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.078 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b7dd',
    500: '#aa99ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa99ce;
$custom-light: #c4b7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa99ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.245,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71646,
    "c": 0.07801,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA99CE

secondary

#E4E9DA

accent

#AE3888

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA99CE

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

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