#A797AE#A797AE

#A797AE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.038 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A797AE
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 174)
HSL	hsl(282, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(282, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, 10.23, -9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 14.18, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% 0.027 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.038 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6417, 33.4050, 44.6590)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A797AE #9EAE97

analogous

#9B97AE #A797AE #AE97A9

triadic

#A797AE #AEA797 #97AEA7

tetradic

#A797AE #AE9B97 #9EAE97 #97A9AE

square

#A797AE #AE9B97 #9EAE97 #97A9AE

split-complementary

#A797AE #A9AE97 #97AE9B

monochromatic

#6A5972 #8A7593 #A797AE #C4B9C9 #E1DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A797AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#A797AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A797AE

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A797AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A797AE	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a797ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.038 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5c6',
    500: '#a797ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a797ae;
$custom-light: #c1b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a797ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 12.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69774,
    "c": 0.03768,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A797AE

secondary

#CFD4CC

accent

#974F65

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A797AE

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

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