#AA97DD#AA97DD

#AA97DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.102 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA97DD
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 221)
HSL	hsl(256, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(256, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 31.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 21.49, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 39.42, 303.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.045 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.102 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6923, 35.8994, 73.1780)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA97DD #CADD97

analogous

#97A7DD #AA97DD #CD97DD

triadic

#AA97DD #DDAA97 #97DDAA

tetradic

#AA97DD #DD97A7 #CADD97 #97DDCD

square

#AA97DD #DD97A7 #CADD97 #97DDCD

split-complementary

#AA97DD #DDCD97 #A7DD97

monochromatic

#603DBC #8469CE #AA97DD #D0C5EC #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AA97DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#AA97DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA97DD

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA97DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA97DD	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa97dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.102 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5e7',
    500: '#aa97dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa97dd;
$custom-light: #c4b5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa97dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.286,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71907,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA97DD

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#BE2795

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA97DD

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

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