#AA97E2#AA97E2

#AA97E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.109 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA97E2
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 226)
HSL	hsl(255, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(255, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 33.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, 22.67, -35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 42.11, 302.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% 0.0463 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.109 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3684, 36.1698, 76.7388)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA97E2 #CFE297

analogous

#97AAE2 #AA97E2 #D097E2

triadic

#AA97E2 #E2AA97 #97E2AA

tetradic

#AA97E2 #E297AA #CFE297 #97E2D0

square

#AA97E2 #E297AA #CFE297 #97E2D0

split-complementary

#AA97E2 #E2D097 #AAE297

monochromatic

#5C38C7 #8367D5 #AA97E2 #D1C7EF #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AA97E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#AA97E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA97E2

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA97E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA97E2	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa97e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.109 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5eb',
    500: '#aa97e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa97e2;
$custom-light: #c4b5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa97e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.2,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72133,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA97E2

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C4229B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA97E2

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

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