#A797BB#A797BB

#A797BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.055 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A797BB
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(267, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(267, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 12.91, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 20.94, 308.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0315 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.055 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9709, 33.9367, 51.6595)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A797BB #ABBB97

analogous

#9799BB #A797BB #B997BB

triadic

#A797BB #BBA797 #97BBA7

tetradic

#A797BB #BB9799 #ABBB97 #97BBB9

square

#A797BB #BB9799 #ABBB97 #97BBB9

split-complementary

#A797BB #BBB997 #99BB97

monochromatic

#695582 #8872A3 #A797BB #C6BCD3 #E6E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A797BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A797BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A797BB

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A797BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A797BB	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a797bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.055 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5cf',
    500: '#a797bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a797bb;
$custom-light: #c1b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a797bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70245,
    "c": 0.05467,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A797BB

secondary

#D8DDD1

accent

#9F4678

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A797BB

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

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