#A397AB#A397AB

#A397AB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.032 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A397AB
RGB	rgb(163, 151, 171)
HSL	hsl(276, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, 8.23, -8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 12.07, 312.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% 0.0213 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.032 312)
XYZ	xyz(33.5203, 32.8602, 43.0969)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A397AB #9FAB97

analogous

#9997AB #A397AB #AB97A9

triadic

#A397AB #ABA397 #97ABA3

tetradic

#A397AB #AB9997 #9FAB97 #97A9AB

square

#A397AB #AB9997 #9FAB97 #97A9AB

split-complementary

#A397AB #A9AB97 #97AB99

monochromatic

#66596E #857590 #A397AB #C1B9C6 #DFDBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A397AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A397AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A397AB

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A397AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A397AB	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a397ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 151, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.032 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb5c4',
    500: '#a397ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a397ab;
$custom-light: #beb5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a397ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 10.638,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69318,
    "c": 0.03183,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.3286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A397AB

secondary

#CED2CB

accent

#95516C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A397AB

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

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