#A797DA#A797DA

#A797DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.097 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A797DA
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 218)
HSL	hsl(254, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(254, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 30.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 19.88, -31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 37.66, 301.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0408 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.097 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6549, 35.4102, 71.0617)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A797DA #CADA97

analogous

#97A9DA #A797DA #C897DA

triadic

#A797DA #DAA797 #97DAA7

tetradic

#A797DA #DA97A9 #CADA97 #97DAC8

square

#A797DA #DA97A9 #CADA97 #97DAC8

split-complementary

#A797DA #DAC897 #A9DA97

monochromatic

#5D41B6 #816ACA #A797DA #CDC4EA #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A797DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A797DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A797DA

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A797DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A797DA	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a797da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.097 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5e5',
    500: '#a797da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a797da;
$custom-light: #c2b5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a797da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.328,
    "s": 47.518,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71517,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A797DA

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BB2B98

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A797DA

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

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