#A797CB#A797CB

#A797CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.077 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A797CB
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(258, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(258, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 16.41, -24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 29.53, 303.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0366 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.077 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7802, 34.6603, 61.1881)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A797CB #BBCB97

analogous

#97A1CB #A797CB #C197CB

triadic

#A797CB #CBA797 #97CBA7

tetradic

#A797CB #CB97A1 #BBCB97 #97CBC1

square

#A797CB #CB97A1 #BBCB97 #97CBC1

split-complementary

#A797CB #CBC197 #A1CB97

monochromatic

#654D9A #846EB7 #A797CB #CAC0DF #ECE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A797CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A797CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A797CB

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A797CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A797CB	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a797cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.077 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5db',
    500: '#a797cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a797cb;
$custom-light: #c1b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a797cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70875,
    "c": 0.07661,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A797CB

secondary

#E2E6D7

accent

#AC3989

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A797CB

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

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