#AA99DB#AA99DB

#AA99DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.096 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA99DB
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(255, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(255, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 19.89, -31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 37.08, 302.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% 0.0417 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.096 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7521, 36.4426, 71.8912)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA99DB #CADB99

analogous

#99A9DB #AA99DB #CB99DB

triadic

#AA99DB #DBAA99 #99DBAA

tetradic

#AA99DB #DB99A9 #CADB99 #99DBCB

square

#AA99DB #DB99A9 #CADB99 #99DBCB

split-complementary

#AA99DB #DBCB99 #A9DB99

monochromatic

#6041B8 #846CCB #AA99DB #D0C6EB #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AA99DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#AA99DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA99DB

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA99DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA99DB	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa99db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.096 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b7e6',
    500: '#aa99db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa99db;
$custom-light: #c4b7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa99db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.455,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72198,
    "c": 0.09593,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA99DB

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BB2A96

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA99DB

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

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