#AA97AB#AA97AB

#AA97AB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.036 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA97AB
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 171)
HSL	hsl(297, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(297, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 10.69, -7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 13.27, 323.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.0293 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.036 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9938, 33.6200, 43.1660)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA97AB #98AB97

analogous

#A097AB #AA97AB #AB97A2

triadic

#AA97AB #ABAA97 #97ABAA

tetradic

#AA97AB #ABA097 #98AB97 #97A2AB

square

#AA97AB #ABA097 #98AB97 #97A2AB

split-complementary

#AA97AB #A2AB97 #97ABA0

monochromatic

#6D596E #8E7590 #AA97AB #C6B9C6 #E1DBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AA97AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AA97AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA97AB

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA97AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA97AB	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)

#969BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa97ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.036 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5c4',
    500: '#aa97ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa97ab;
$custom-light: #c3b5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa97ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297,
    "s": 10.638,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69941,
    "c": 0.03598,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA97AB

secondary

#CCD2CB

accent

#955154

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA97AB

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

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