#A397CB#A397CB

#A397CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.076 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A397CB
RGB	rgb(163, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(254, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(254, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 15.15, -25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 29.32, 301.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0321 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.076 295)
XYZ	xyz(36.9480, 34.2312, 61.1491)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A397CB #BFCB97

analogous

#97A5CB #A397CB #BD97CB

triadic

#A397CB #CBA397 #97CBA3

tetradic

#A397CB #CB97A5 #BFCB97 #97CBBD

square

#A397CB #CB97A5 #BFCB97 #97CBBD

split-complementary

#A397CB #CBBD97 #A5CB97

monochromatic

#5F4D9A #7F6EB7 #A397CB #C7C0DF #EBE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A397CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A397CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A397CB

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A397CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A397CB	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a397cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.076 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb5db',
    500: '#a397cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a397cb;
$custom-light: #bfb5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a397cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70533,
    "c": 0.076,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.34232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A397CB

secondary

#E3E6D7

accent

#AC3992

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A397CB

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

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