#AA97CD#AA97CD

#AA97CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.080 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA97CD
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(261, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(261, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 17.81, -25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 30.81, 305.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0406 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.08 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6613, 35.0870, 62.4814)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA97CD #BACD97

analogous

#979FCD #AA97CD #C597CD

triadic

#AA97CD #CDAA97 #97CDAA

tetradic

#AA97CD #CD979F #BACD97 #97CDC5

square

#AA97CD #CD979F #BACD97 #97CDC5

split-complementary

#AA97CD #CDC597 #9FCD97

monochromatic

#694C9E #886EB9 #AA97CD #CCC0E1 #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AA97CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#AA97CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA97CD

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA97CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA97CD	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa97cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.080 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5dc',
    500: '#aa97cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa97cd;
$custom-light: #c4b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa97cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.111,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71219,
    "c": 0.07997,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA97CD

secondary

#E2E8D8

accent

#AE3884

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA97CD

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

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