#A797AA#A797AA

#A797AA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.033 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A797AA
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 170)
HSL	hsl(291, 10%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(291, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 11.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 9.43, -7.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 12.22, 320.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% 0.0255 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.033 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2576, 33.2513, 42.6359)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A797AA #9AAA97

analogous

#9D97AA #A797AA #AA97A3

triadic

#A797AA #AAA797 #97AAA7

tetradic

#A797AA #AA9D97 #9AAA97 #97A3AA

square

#A797AA #AA9D97 #9AAA97 #97A3AA

split-complementary

#A797AA #A3AA97 #97AA9D

monochromatic

#6A596D #8B758E #A797AA #C3B9C6 #E0DAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A797AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#A797AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A797AA

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A797AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A797AA	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a797aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.033 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5c3',
    500: '#a797aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a797aa;
$custom-light: #c1b5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a797aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.526,
    "s": 10.053,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69637,
    "c": 0.03283,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A797AA

secondary

#CCD2CB

accent

#94515C

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A797AA

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

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