#AA99DD#AA99DD

#AA99DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.099 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA99DD
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(255, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(255, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, 20.36, -32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 38.16, 302.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0422 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.099 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0169, 36.5486, 73.2862)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA99DD #CCDD99

analogous

#99AADD #AA99DD #CC99DD

triadic

#AA99DD #DDAA99 #99DDAA

tetradic

#AA99DD #DD99AA #CCDD99 #99DDCC

square

#AA99DD #DD99AA #CCDD99 #99DDCC

split-complementary

#AA99DD #DDCC99 #AADD99

monochromatic

#5E3FBD #846BCE #AA99DD #D0C7EC #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AA99DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#AA99DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA99DD

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA99DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA99DD	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa99dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.099 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b7e7',
    500: '#aa99dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa99dd;
$custom-light: #c4b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa99dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72286,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA99DD

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BD2898

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA99DD

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

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