#A397BD#A397BD

#A397BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.056 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A397BD
RGB	rgb(163, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(259, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, 12.01, -18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 21.68, 303.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0277 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.056 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3543, 33.5938, 52.7559)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A397BD #B1BD97

analogous

#979EBD #A397BD #B697BD

triadic

#A397BD #BDA397 #97BDA3

tetradic

#A397BD #BD979E #B1BD97 #97BDB6

square

#A397BD #BD979E #B1BD97 #97BDB6

split-complementary

#A397BD #BDB697 #9EBD97

monochromatic

#645485 #8272A5 #A397BD #C4BCD5 #E5E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A397BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A397BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A397BD

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A397BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A397BD	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a397bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.056 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb5d1',
    500: '#a397bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a397bd;
$custom-light: #beb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a397bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69973,
    "c": 0.05634,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A397BD

secondary

#DADED2

accent

#A14584

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A397BD

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

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