#AA97DB#AA97DB

#AA97DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.099 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA97DB
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 219)
HSL	hsl(257, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(257, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 31.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, 21.02, -32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 38.34, 303.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0445 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.099 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4275, 35.7934, 71.7830)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA97DB #C8DB97

analogous

#97A6DB #AA97DB #CC97DB

triadic

#AA97DB #DBAA97 #97DBAA

tetradic

#AA97DB #DB97A6 #C8DB97 #97DBCC

square

#AA97DB #DB97A6 #C8DB97 #97DBCC

split-complementary

#AA97DB #DBCC97 #A6DB97

monochromatic

#6140B8 #856ACB #AA97DB #CFC4EB #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AA97DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#AA97DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA97DB

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA97DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA97DB	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa97db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.099 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5e6',
    500: '#aa97db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa97db;
$custom-light: #c4b5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa97db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.765,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71818,
    "c": 0.09914,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA97DB

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BC2A93

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA97DB

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

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