#AA97DE#AA97DE

#AA97DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.103 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA97DE
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 222)
HSL	hsl(256, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(256, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 32%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 21.72, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 39.95, 302.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.0453 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.103 296)
XYZ	xyz(40.8260, 35.9528, 73.8818)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA97DE #CBDE97

analogous

#97A7DE #AA97DE #CD97DE

triadic

#AA97DE #DEAA97 #97DEAA

tetradic

#AA97DE #DE97A7 #CBDE97 #97DECD

square

#AA97DE #DE97A7 #CBDE97 #97DECD

split-complementary

#AA97DE #DECD97 #A7DE97

monochromatic

#5F3CBE #8469CF #AA97DE #D0C5ED #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AA97DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#AA97DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA97DE

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA97DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA97DE	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa97de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.103 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5e8',
    500: '#aa97de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa97de;
$custom-light: #c4b5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa97de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.056,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71952,
    "c": 0.10325,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.35953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA97DE

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#BF2696

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA97DE

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

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