#AA97DC#AA97DC

#AA97DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.101 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA97DC
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 220)
HSL	hsl(257, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(257, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 31.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 21.25, -32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 38.88, 303.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% 0.0447 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.101 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5595, 35.8462, 72.4784)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA97DC #C9DC97

analogous

#97A6DC #AA97DC #CD97DC

triadic

#AA97DC #DCAA97 #97DCAA

tetradic

#AA97DC #DC97A6 #C9DC97 #97DCCD

square

#AA97DC #DC97A6 #C9DC97 #97DCCD

split-complementary

#AA97DC #DCCD97 #A6DC97

monochromatic

#613FBA #8569CD #AA97DC #CFC5EB #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AA97DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#AA97DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA97DC

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA97DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA97DC	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa97dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.101 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5e7',
    500: '#aa97dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa97dc;
$custom-light: #c4b5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa97dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.522,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71862,
    "c": 0.10051,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA97DC

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BD2994

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA97DC

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

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