#A797CD#A797CD

#A797CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.079 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A797CD
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(258, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, 16.86, -25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 30.62, 303.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.0372 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.079 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0200, 34.7563, 62.4514)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A797CD #BDCD97

analogous

#97A2CD #A797CD #C297CD

triadic

#A797CD #CDA797 #97CDA7

tetradic

#A797CD #CD97A2 #BDCD97 #97CDC2

square

#A797CD #CD97A2 #BDCD97 #97CDC2

split-complementary

#A797CD #CDC297 #A2CD97

monochromatic

#644C9E #846EB9 #A797CD #CAC0E1 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A797CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A797CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A797CD

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A797CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A797CD	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a797cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.079 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5dc',
    500: '#a797cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a797cd;
$custom-light: #c1b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a797cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.778,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70958,
    "c": 0.07937,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A797CD

secondary

#E3E8D8

accent

#AE388B

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A797CD

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

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