#AA99EE#AA99EE

#AA99EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.122 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA99EE
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 238)
HSL	hsl(252, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(252, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, 24.45, -40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 47.33, 301.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.0463 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.122 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3976, 37.5008, 85.8243)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA99EE #DDEE99

analogous

#99B3EE #AA99EE #D599EE

triadic

#AA99EE #EEAA99 #99EEAA

tetradic

#AA99EE #EE99B3 #DDEE99 #99EED5

square

#AA99EE #EE99B3 #DDEE99 #99EED5

split-complementary

#AA99EE #EED599 #B3EE99

monochromatic

#5330DD #7E65E5 #AA99EE #D6CDF7 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AA99EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#AA99EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA99EE

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA99EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA99EE	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa99ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.122 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b7f4',
    500: '#aa99ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa99ee;
$custom-light: #c5b7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa99ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73068,
    "c": 0.12203,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA99EE

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D312AD

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA99EE

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

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