#A397CD#A397CD

#A397CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.079 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A397CD
RGB	rgb(163, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(253, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(253, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 15.61, -26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 30.41, 300.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.0327 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.079 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1878, 34.3272, 62.4124)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A397CD #C1CD97

analogous

#97A6CD #A397CD #BE97CD

triadic

#A397CD #CDA397 #97CDA3

tetradic

#A397CD #CD97A6 #C1CD97 #97CDBE

square

#A397CD #CD97A6 #C1CD97 #97CDBE

split-complementary

#A397CD #CDBE97 #A6CD97

monochromatic

#5E4C9E #7E6EB9 #A397CD #C8C0E1 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A397CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#A397CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A397CD

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A397CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A397CD	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a397cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.079 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb5dc',
    500: '#a397cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a397cd;
$custom-light: #bfb5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a397cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70616,
    "c": 0.07882,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A397CD

secondary

#E4E8D8

accent

#AE3894

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A397CD

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

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