#AA97EE#AA97EE

#AA97EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.125 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA97EE
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 238)
HSL	hsl(253, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(253, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 25.58, -41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 48.57, 301.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% 0.049 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.125 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0730, 36.8516, 85.7161)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA97EE #DBEE97

analogous

#97B0EE #AA97EE #D697EE

triadic

#AA97EE #EEAA97 #97EEAA

tetradic

#AA97EE #EE97B0 #DBEE97 #97EED6

square

#AA97EE #EE97B0 #DBEE97 #97EED6

split-complementary

#AA97EE #EED697 #B0EE97

monochromatic

#542EDD #7F62E5 #AA97EE #D5CCF7 #EAE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AA97EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#AA97EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA97EE

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA97EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA97EE	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa97ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.125 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b5f4',
    500: '#aa97ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa97ee;
$custom-light: #c5b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa97ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.103,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72697,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA97EE

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D412A9

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA97EE

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

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