#A97BB4#A97BB4

#A97BB4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.098 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97BB4
RGB	rgb(169, 123, 180)
HSL	hsl(288, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 32%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 31.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, 27.98, -23.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 36.30, 320.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.0744 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.098 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6823, 25.8970, 46.5008)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97BB4 #86B47B

analogous

#8D7BB4 #A97BB4 #B47BA3

triadic

#A97BB4 #B4A97B #7BB4A9

tetradic

#A97BB4 #B48D7B #86B47B #7BA3B4

square

#A97BB4 #B48D7B #86B47B #7BA3B4

split-complementary

#A97BB4 #A3B47B #7BB48D

monochromatic

#6A4173 #8D589A #A97BB4 #C2A2CA #DCC9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A97BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#A97BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97BB4

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97BB4	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7488B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 123, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.098 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a1ca',
    500: '#a97bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97bb4;
$custom-light: #c3a1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.421,
    "s": 27.536,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64849,
    "c": 0.09755,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97BB4

secondary

#BFD1BA

accent

#C46476

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F3F8

border

#D1CDD1

text

#120F13

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97BB4

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

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