#AA97BB#AA97BB

#AA97BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.056 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA97BB
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(272, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(272, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 13.91, -16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 21.25, 310.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0349 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.056 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6122, 34.2673, 51.6895)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA97BB #A8BB97

analogous

#9897BB #AA97BB #BB97BA

triadic

#AA97BB #BBAA97 #97BBAA

tetradic

#AA97BB #BB9897 #A8BB97 #97BABB

square

#AA97BB #BB9897 #A8BB97 #97BABB

split-complementary

#AA97BB #BABB97 #97BB98

monochromatic

#6D5582 #8C72A3 #AA97BB #C8BCD3 #E6E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AA97BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#AA97BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA97BB

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA97BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA97BB	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa97bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.056 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5cf',
    500: '#aa97bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa97bb;
$custom-light: #c3b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa97bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70511,
    "c": 0.05575,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA97BB

secondary

#D7DDD1

accent

#9F4670

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA97BB

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

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