#A497CD#A497CD

#A497CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.079 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A497CD
RGB	rgb(164, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(254, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(254, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 15.92, -25.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 30.46, 301.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% 0.0338 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.079 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3934, 34.4332, 62.4220)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A497CD #C0CD97

analogous

#97A5CD #A497CD #BF97CD

triadic

#A497CD #CDA497 #97CDA4

tetradic

#A497CD #CD97A5 #C0CD97 #97CDBF

square

#A497CD #CD97A5 #C0CD97 #97CDBF

split-complementary

#A497CD #CDBF97 #A5CD97

monochromatic

#604C9E #806EB9 #A497CD #C8C0E1 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A497CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#A497CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A497CD

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A497CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A497CD	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a497cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.079 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb5dc',
    500: '#a497cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a497cd;
$custom-light: #bfb5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a497cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.444,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70701,
    "c": 0.07893,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A497CD

secondary

#E4E8D8

accent

#AE3891

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A497CD

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

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