#A97BB5#A97BB5

#A97BB5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.099 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97BB5
RGB	rgb(169, 123, 181)
HSL	hsl(288, 28%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(288, 32%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 32%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, 28.18, -23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 36.79, 320.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.0747 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.099 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7845, 25.9379, 47.0393)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97BB5 #87B57B

analogous

#8C7BB5 #A97BB5 #B57BA4

triadic

#A97BB5 #B5A97B #7BB5A9

tetradic

#A97BB5 #B58C7B #87B57B #7BA4B5

square

#A97BB5 #B58C7B #87B57B #7BA4B5

split-complementary

#A97BB5 #A4B57B #7BB58C

monochromatic

#6A4174 #8D579C #A97BB5 #C3A2CB #DCC9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A97BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#A97BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97BB5

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97BB5	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7488B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 123, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.099 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a1cb',
    500: '#a97bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97bb5;
$custom-light: #c3a1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.586,
    "s": 28.155,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64892,
    "c": 0.0987,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97BB5

secondary

#BFD1BB

accent

#C46377

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F3F8

border

#D1CDD1

text

#120F13

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97BB5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →