#A397DB#A397DB

#A397DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.098 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A397DB
RGB	rgb(163, 151, 219)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(251, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 31.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 18.92, -33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 38.06, 299.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% 0.0366 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.098 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9539, 35.0336, 71.7140)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A397DB #CFDB97

analogous

#97ADDB #A397DB #C597DB

triadic

#A397DB #DBA397 #97DBA3

tetradic

#A397DB #DB97AD #CFDB97 #97DBC5

square

#A397DB #DB97AD #CFDB97 #97DBC5

split-complementary

#A397DB #DBC597 #ADDB97

monochromatic

#5540B8 #7B6ACB #A397DB #CBC4EB #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A397DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A397DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A397DB

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A397DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A397DB	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a397db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 151, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.098 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb5e6',
    500: '#a397db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a397db;
$custom-light: #bfb5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a397db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71225,
    "c": 0.09849,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A397DB

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BC2AA2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A397DB

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

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