#A197CD#A197CD

#A197CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.079 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A197CD
RGB	rgb(161, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(251, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(251, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 14.98, -26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 30.33, 299.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% 0.0304 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.079 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7815, 34.1177, 62.3933)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A197CD #C3CD97

analogous

#97A8CD #A197CD #BC97CD

triadic

#A197CD #CDA197 #97CDA1

tetradic

#A197CD #CD97A8 #C3CD97 #97CDBC

square

#A197CD #CD97A8 #C3CD97 #97CDBC

split-complementary

#A197CD #CDBC97 #A8CD97

monochromatic

#5B4C9E #7C6EB9 #A197CD #C6C0E1 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A197CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A197CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A197CD

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A197CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A197CD	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a197cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.079 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb5dc',
    500: '#a197cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a197cd;
$custom-light: #bdb5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a197cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.111,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70448,
    "c": 0.07864,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A197CD

secondary

#E5E8D8

accent

#AE3898

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A197CD

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

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