#A797DB#A797DB

#A797DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.099 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A797DB
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 219)
HSL	hsl(254, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(254, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 31.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 20.11, -32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 38.20, 301.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0411 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.099 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7862, 35.4627, 71.7530)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A797DB #CBDB97

analogous

#97A9DB #A797DB #C997DB

triadic

#A797DB #DBA797 #97DBA7

tetradic

#A797DB #DB97A9 #CBDB97 #97DBC9

square

#A797DB #DB97A9 #CBDB97 #97DBC9

split-complementary

#A797DB #DBC997 #A9DB97

monochromatic

#5C40B8 #816ACB #A797DB #CDC4EB #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A797DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A797DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A797DB

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A797DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A797DB	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a797db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.099 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5e6',
    500: '#a797db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a797db;
$custom-light: #c2b5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a797db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71561,
    "c": 0.09878,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A797DB

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BC2A99

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A797DB

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

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