#A97BD5#A97BD5

#A97BD5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.137 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97BD5
RGB	rgb(169, 123, 213)
HSL	hsl(271, 52%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(271, 42%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 42.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, 35.15, -39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 52.99, 311.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.0819 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.137 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4530, 27.4053, 66.3599)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97BD5 #A7D57B

analogous

#7C7BD5 #A97BD5 #D57BD4

triadic

#A97BD5 #D5A97B #7BD5A9

tetradic

#A97BD5 #D57C7B #A7D57B #7BD4D5

square

#A97BD5 #D57C7B #A7D57B #7BD4D5

split-complementary

#A97BD5 #D4D57B #7BD57C

monochromatic

#6C34A2 #8B4DC6 #A97BD5 #C7A9E4 #E5D8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A97BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A97BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97BD5

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97BD5	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#668DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3899E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 123, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.137 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a2e2',
    500: '#a97bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97bd5;
$custom-light: #c4a2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.667,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66378,
    "c": 0.13739,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97BD5

secondary

#D6E5C7

accent

#BF2671

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F3FB

border

#D1CDD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97BD5

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

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