#A497D2#A497D2

#A497D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.086 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A497D2
RGB	rgb(164, 151, 210)
HSL	hsl(253, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(253, 28%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 28.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 17.08, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 33.18, 300.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0352 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.086 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0066, 34.6785, 65.6515)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A497D2 #C5D297

analogous

#97A7D2 #A497D2 #C197D2

triadic

#A497D2 #D2A497 #97D2A4

tetradic

#A497D2 #D297A7 #C5D297 #97D2C1

square

#A497D2 #D297A7 #C5D297 #97D2C1

split-complementary

#A497D2 #D2C197 #A7D297

monochromatic

#5D48A7 #7F6CC0 #A497D2 #C9C2E4 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A497D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#A497D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A497D2

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A497D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A497D2	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a497d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 151, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.086 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5e0',
    500: '#a497d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a497d2;
$custom-light: #c0b5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a497d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.22,
    "s": 39.597,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70913,
    "c": 0.08595,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A497D2

secondary

#E7EADA

accent

#B33396

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A497D2

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

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