#A97BC2#A97BC2

#A97BC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.114 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97BC2
RGB	rgb(169, 123, 194)
HSL	hsl(279, 37%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 37%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 36.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, 30.92, -30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 43.25, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.078 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.114 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1811, 26.4966, 54.3949)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97BC2 #94C27B

analogous

#857BC2 #A97BC2 #C27BB8

triadic

#A97BC2 #C2A97B #7BC2A9

tetradic

#A97BC2 #C2857B #94C27B #7BB8C2

square

#A97BC2 #C2857B #94C27B #7BB8C2

split-complementary

#A97BC2 #B8C27B #7BC285

monochromatic

#6C3E85 #8E51AF #A97BC2 #C4A5D5 #E0CFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A97BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#A97BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97BC2

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97BC2	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8AC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 123, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.114 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a2d4',
    500: '#a97bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97bc2;
$custom-light: #c3a2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.873,
    "s": 36.788,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65466,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97BC2

secondary

#C9D9BF

accent

#B03661

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F3FA

border

#D1CDD3

text

#130F14

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97BC2

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

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