#A497BB#A497BB

#A497BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.054 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A497BB
RGB	rgb(164, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(262, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 11.90, -16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 20.67, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.0281 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.054 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3443, 33.6136, 51.6301)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A497BB #AEBB97

analogous

#979CBB #A497BB #B697BB

triadic

#A497BB #BBA497 #97BBA4

tetradic

#A497BB #BB979C #AEBB97 #97BBB6

square

#A497BB #BB979C #AEBB97 #97BBB6

split-complementary

#A497BB #BBB697 #9CBB97

monochromatic

#665582 #8472A3 #A497BB #C4BCD3 #E5E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A497BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A497BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A497BB

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A497BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A497BB	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)

#909DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a497bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.054 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb5cf',
    500: '#a497bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a497bb;
$custom-light: #bfb5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a497bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.667,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69983,
    "c": 0.0538,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A497BB

secondary

#D9DDD1

accent

#9F467F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A497BB

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

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