#A97BB2#A97BB2

#A97BB2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.095 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97BB2
RGB	rgb(169, 123, 178)
HSL	hsl(290, 26%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(290, 31%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 30.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, 27.57, -22.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 35.34, 321.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% 0.0739 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.095 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4800, 25.8161, 45.4356)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97BB2 #84B27B

analogous

#8E7BB2 #A97BB2 #B27BA0

triadic

#A97BB2 #B2A97B #7BB2A9

tetradic

#A97BB2 #B28E7B #84B27B #7BA0B2

square

#A97BB2 #B28E7B #84B27B #7BA0B2

split-complementary

#A97BB2 #A0B27B #7BB28E

monochromatic

#694271 #8D5897 #A97BB2 #C2A2C9 #DBC8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A97BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#A97BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97BB2

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97BB2	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7588B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA818F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 123, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.095 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a1c9',
    500: '#a97bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97bb2;
$custom-light: #c3a1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.182,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64765,
    "c": 0.09527,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97BB2

secondary

#BDCFBA

accent

#C36574

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F3F8

border

#D1CDD1

text

#120F13

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97BB2

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

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