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#AA99FF

#aa99ff ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aa99ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 60% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.33% cyan, 40% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 250°, with 100% saturation and 80% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 10.3.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3855

Complementary

  1. #aa99ff
  2. #eeff99

Split complementary

  1. #aa99ff
  2. #ffdd99
  3. #bbff99

Analogous

  1. #99bbff
  2. #aa99ff
  3. #dd99ff

Triadic

  1. #aa99ff
  2. #ffaa99
  3. #99ffaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa99ff
  2. #ff99ee
  3. #eeff99
  4. #99ffaa

Square

  1. #aa99ff
  2. #ff99bb
  3. #eeff99
  4. #99ffdd

Monochromatic

  1. #2a00ff
  2. #6a4dff
  3. #aa99ff
  4. #eae5ff
  5. #eeebff

Shades

#aa99ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa99ff
  2. #998ae6
  3. #887acc
  4. #776bb3
  5. #665c99
  6. #554d80
  7. #443d66
  8. #332e4d
  9. #221f33
  10. #110f1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa99ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa99ff
  2. #b3a3ff
  3. #bbadff
  4. #c4b8ff
  5. #ccc2ff
  6. #d5ccff
  7. #ddd6ff
  8. #e6e0ff
  9. #eeebff
  10. #f7f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa99ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa99ff
  2. #a697f2
  3. #a294e6
  4. #9d92d9
  5. #998fcc
  6. #958dc0
  7. #918ab3
  8. #8d88a6
  9. #888599
  10. #84838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a1d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7aa5fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #95acc0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8fa3ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #90a0fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ea5dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa99ff {
  color: #aa99ff;
}
Background
.bg-aa99ff {
  background-color: #aa99ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa99ff {
  border: 2px solid #aa99ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa99ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 153 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa99ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa99ff, #dd99ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa99ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 153 255 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.30 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.95 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.93 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.00 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.19 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.65 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 14.05 #556600 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#aa99ff  rgb(170, 153, 255)  hsl(250, 100%, 80%)  Floral Lavender
#eeff99  rgb(238, 255, 153)  hsl(70, 100%, 80%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffaa99  rgb(255, 170, 153)  hsl(10, 100%, 80%)  Vivid Tangerine
#99ffaa  rgb(153, 255, 170)  hsl(130, 100%, 80%)  Pale Green