#AA99EB#AA99EB

#AA99EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.118 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA99EB
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 235)
HSL	hsl(252, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(252, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 34.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 23.72, -39.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 45.71, 301.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% 0.0456 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.118 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9605, 37.3260, 83.5224)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA99EB #DAEB99

analogous

#99B1EB #AA99EB #D399EB

triadic

#AA99EB #EBAA99 #99EBAA

tetradic

#AA99EB #EB99B1 #DAEB99 #99EBD3

square

#AA99EB #EB99B1 #DAEB99 #99EBD3

split-complementary

#AA99EB #EBD399 #B1EB99

monochromatic

#5533D7 #7F66E1 #AA99EB #D5CCF5 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AA99EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#AA99EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA99EB

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA99EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA99EB	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa99eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.118 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b7f1',
    500: '#aa99eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa99eb;
$custom-light: #c5b7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa99eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.439,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72926,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA99EB

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CF16A9

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA99EB

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

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