#AA97BC#AA97BC

#AA97BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.057 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA97BC
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(271, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(271, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 14.12, -16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 21.77, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0352 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.057 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7197, 34.3103, 52.2553)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA97BC #A9BC97

analogous

#9897BC #AA97BC #BC97BC

triadic

#AA97BC #BCAA97 #97BCAA

tetradic

#AA97BC #BC9897 #A9BC97 #97BCBC

square

#AA97BC #BC9897 #A9BC97 #97BCBC

split-complementary

#AA97BC #BCBC97 #97BC98

monochromatic

#6D5584 #8C72A4 #AA97BC #C8BCD4 #E7E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AA97BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#AA97BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA97BC

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA97BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA97BC	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa97bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.057 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5d0',
    500: '#aa97bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa97bc;
$custom-light: #c3b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa97bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.811,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70548,
    "c": 0.05708,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA97BC

secondary

#D7DDD1

accent

#A04572

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA97BC

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

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