#A97AE3#A97AE3

#A97AE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.156 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97AE3
RGB	rgb(169, 122, 227)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(267, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 46.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, 38.97, -46.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 60.89, 309.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0854 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.156 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1838, 27.9002, 76.0845)
Luminance	0.2790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97AE3 #B4E37A

analogous

#7A7FE3 #A97AE3 #DD7AE3

triadic

#A97AE3 #E3A97A #7AE3A9

tetradic

#A97AE3 #E37A7F #B4E37A #7AE3DD

square

#A97AE3 #E37A7F #B4E37A #7AE3DD

split-complementary

#A97AE3 #E3DD7A #7FE37A

monochromatic

#6A27BB #8847D8 #A97AE3 #CAADEE #EADFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A97AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#A97AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97AE3

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97AE3	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C8FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6890E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F8CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 122, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.156 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a1ec',
    500: '#a97ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97ae3;
$custom-light: #c5a1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.857,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66937,
    "c": 0.1564,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97AE3

secondary

#DEECCD

accent

#CD187C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F3FD

border

#D1CDD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97AE3

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

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