#AA97AA#AA97AA

#AA97AA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.035 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA97AA
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 10%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(300, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, 10.50, -7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 12.81, 325.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.0289 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.035 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8989, 33.5820, 42.6659)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA97AA #97AA97

analogous

#A097AA #AA97AA #AA97A0

triadic

#AA97AA #AAAA97 #97AAAA

tetradic

#AA97AA #AAA097 #97AA97 #97A0AA

square

#AA97AA #AAA097 #97AA97 #97A0AA

split-complementary

#AA97AA #A0AA97 #97AAA0

monochromatic

#6D596D #8E758E #AA97AA #C6B9C6 #E1DAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AA97AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AA97AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA97AA

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA97AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA97AA	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa97aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.035 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5c3',
    500: '#aa97aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa97aa;
$custom-light: #c3b5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa97aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 10.053,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69908,
    "c": 0.03487,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA97AA

secondary

#CBD2CB

accent

#945151

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA97AA

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

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