#AA99FF#AA99FF

#AA99FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.145 H 290.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA99FF
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 255)
HSL	hsl(250, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(250, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 40%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 28.71, -48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 56.44, 300.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0497 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.145 290)
XYZ	xyz(46.0141, 38.5474, 99.6044)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA99FF #EEFF99

analogous

#99BBFF #AA99FF #DD99FF

triadic

#AA99FF #FFAA99 #99FFAA

tetradic

#AA99FF #FF99BB #EEFF99 #99FFDD

square

#AA99FF #FF99BB #EEFF99 #99FFDD

split-complementary

#AA99FF #FFDD99 #BBFF99

monochromatic

#441FFF #775CFF #AA99FF #DDD6FF #E5E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AA99FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AA99FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA99FF

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA99FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA99FF	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA5FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95ACC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa99ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.145 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7ff',
    500: '#aa99ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa99ff;
$custom-light: #c6b7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa99ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73908,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.38549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA99FF

secondary

#F1F7D4

accent

#E600BF

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA99FF

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

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