#AA97FF#AA97FF

#AA97FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.148 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA97FF
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 255)
HSL	hsl(251, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(251, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 40.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, 29.84, -49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 57.67, 301.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0523 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.148 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6894, 37.8982, 99.4962)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA97FF #ECFF97

analogous

#97B8FF #AA97FF #DE97FF

triadic

#AA97FF #FFAA97 #97FFAA

tetradic

#AA97FF #FF97B8 #ECFF97 #97FFDE

square

#AA97FF #FF97B8 #ECFF97 #97FFDE

split-complementary

#AA97FF #FFDE97 #B8FF97

monochromatic

#461DFF #785AFF #AA97FF #DCD4FF #E6E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AA97FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#AA97FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA97FF

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA97FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA97FF	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76A7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77A3FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa97ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.148 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5ff',
    500: '#aa97ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa97ff;
$custom-light: #c6b5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa97ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.962,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73546,
    "c": 0.14802,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA97FF

secondary

#F1F7D4

accent

#E600BC

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA97FF

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

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