#A497D4#A497D4

#A497D4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.089 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A497D4
RGB	rgb(164, 151, 212)
HSL	hsl(253, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(253, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 28.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 17.55, -29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 34.27, 300.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0358 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.089 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2574, 34.7788, 66.9720)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A497D4 #C7D497

analogous

#97A8D4 #A497D4 #C297D4

triadic

#A497D4 #D4A497 #97D4A4

tetradic

#A497D4 #D497A8 #C7D497 #97D4C2

square

#A497D4 #D497A8 #C7D497 #97D4C2

split-complementary

#A497D4 #D4C297 #A8D497

monochromatic

#5C46AA #7E6CC2 #A497D4 #CAC2E6 #ECE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A497D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A497D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A497D4

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A497D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A497D4	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a497d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 151, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.089 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5e1',
    500: '#a497d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a497d4;
$custom-light: #c0b5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a497d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.787,
    "s": 41.497,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70999,
    "c": 0.08875,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A497D4

secondary

#E8EBDB

accent

#B53199

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A497D4

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

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