#AA99EC#AA99EC

#AA99EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.119 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA99EC
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 236)
HSL	hsl(252, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(252, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 35.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 23.96, -39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 46.25, 301.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0458 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.119 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1054, 37.3840, 84.2854)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA99EC #DBEC99

analogous

#99B2EC #AA99EC #D499EC

triadic

#AA99EC #ECAA99 #99ECAA

tetradic

#AA99EC #EC99B2 #DBEC99 #99ECD4

square

#AA99EC #EC99B2 #DBEC99 #99ECD4

split-complementary

#AA99EC #ECD499 #B2EC99

monochromatic

#5432D9 #7F65E2 #AA99EC #D5CDF6 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AA99EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#AA99EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA99EC

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA99EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA99EC	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa99ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.119 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b7f2',
    500: '#aa99ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa99ec;
$custom-light: #c5b7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa99ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.289,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72973,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA99EC

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D115AA

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA99EC

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

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