#AA96DD#AA96DD

#AA96DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.103 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA96DD
RGB	rgb(170, 150, 221)
HSL	hsl(257, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(257, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 32.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 22.05, -33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 40.04, 303.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0.0464 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.103 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5321, 35.5789, 73.1246)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA96DD #C9DD96

analogous

#96A6DD #AA96DD #CD96DD

triadic

#AA96DD #DDAA96 #96DDAA

tetradic

#AA96DD #DD96A6 #C9DD96 #96DDCD

square

#AA96DD #DD96A6 #C9DD96 #96DDCD

split-complementary

#AA96DD #DDCD96 #A6DD96

monochromatic

#613DBC #8568CE #AA96DD #CFC4EC #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AA96DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#AA96DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA96DD

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA96DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA96DD	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa96dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 150, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.103 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5e8',
    500: '#aa96dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa96dd;
$custom-light: #c4b5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa96dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.901,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71718,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA96DD

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#BE2794

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA96DD

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

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