#AA97AD#AA97AD

#AA97AD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.038 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA97AD
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 173)
HSL	hsl(292, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(292, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 11.08, -8.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 14.20, 321.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% 0.03 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.038 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1859, 33.6968, 44.1776)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA97AD #9AAD97

analogous

#9F97AD #AA97AD #AD97A5

triadic

#AA97AD #ADAA97 #97ADAA

tetradic

#AA97AD #AD9F97 #9AAD97 #97A5AD

square

#AA97AD #AD9F97 #9AAD97 #97A5AD

split-complementary

#AA97AD #A5AD97 #97AD9F

monochromatic

#6D5971 #8E7592 #AA97AD #C6B9C8 #E2DBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AA97AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#AA97AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA97AD

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA97AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA97AD	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa97ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.038 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5c5',
    500: '#aa97ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa97ad;
$custom-light: #c3b5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa97ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.818,
    "s": 11.828,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70009,
    "c": 0.03826,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA97AD

secondary

#CDD4CC

accent

#965059

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA97AD

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

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