#A797CA#A797CA

#A797CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.075 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A797CA
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 202)
HSL	hsl(259, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(259, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 25.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, 16.18, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 28.99, 303.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.0363 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.075 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6614, 34.6128, 60.5625)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A797CA #BACA97

analogous

#97A1CA #A797CA #C197CA

triadic

#A797CA #CAA797 #97CAA7

tetradic

#A797CA #CA97A1 #BACA97 #97CAC1

square

#A797CA #CA97A1 #BACA97 #97CAC1

split-complementary

#A797CA #CAC197 #A1CA97

monochromatic

#654E99 #856EB5 #A797CA #C9C0DF #ECE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A797CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A797CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A797CA

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A797CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A797CA	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a797ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.075 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5da',
    500: '#a797ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a797ca;
$custom-light: #c1b5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a797ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.824,
    "s": 32.484,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70834,
    "c": 0.07523,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A797CA

secondary

#E1E6D7

accent

#AB3A88

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A797CA

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

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