#AA97CE#AA97CE

#AA97CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.081 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA97CE
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 206)
HSL	hsl(261, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(261, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 26.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 18.03, -25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 31.34, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0409 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.081 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7824, 35.1354, 63.1192)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA97CE #BBCE97

analogous

#97A0CE #AA97CE #C597CE

triadic

#AA97CE #CEAA97 #97CEAA

tetradic

#AA97CE #CE97A0 #BBCE97 #97CEC5

square

#AA97CE #CE97A0 #BBCE97 #97CEC5

split-complementary

#AA97CE #CEC597 #A0CE97

monochromatic

#684B9F #886DBA #AA97CE #CCC1E2 #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AA97CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#AA97CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA97CE

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA97CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA97CE	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa97ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.081 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5dd',
    500: '#aa97ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa97ce;
$custom-light: #c4b5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa97ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.727,
    "s": 35.948,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7126,
    "c": 0.08134,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA97CE

secondary

#E3E8D9

accent

#AF3785

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA97CE

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

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