#AA96CC#AA96CC

#AA96CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.080 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA96CC
RGB	rgb(170, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(262, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(262, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, 18.15, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 30.91, 305.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.0418 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.08 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3808, 34.7183, 61.7943)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA96CC #B8CC96

analogous

#969DCC #AA96CC #C596CC

triadic

#AA96CC #CCAA96 #96CCAA

tetradic

#AA96CC #CC969D #B8CC96 #96CCC5

square

#AA96CC #CC969D #B8CC96 #96CCC5

split-complementary

#AA96CC #CCC596 #9DCC96

monochromatic

#694C9C #896DB8 #AA96CC #CBBFE0 #EDE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AA96CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#AA96CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA96CC

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA96CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA96CC	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa96cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.080 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5db',
    500: '#aa96cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa96cc;
$custom-light: #c4b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa96cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70985,
    "c": 0.08028,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA96CC

secondary

#E1E7D7

accent

#AD3882

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA96CC

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

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