#A97BD6#A97BD6

#A97BD6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.139 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97BD6
RGB	rgb(169, 123, 214)
HSL	hsl(270, 53%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(270, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 42.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 35.38, -40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 53.51, 311.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0.082 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.139 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5803, 27.4562, 67.0305)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97BD6 #A8D67B

analogous

#7B7BD6 #A97BD6 #D67BD5

triadic

#A97BD6 #D6A97B #7BD6A9

tetradic

#A97BD6 #D67B7B #A8D67B #7BD5D6

square

#A97BD6 #D67B7B #A8D67B #7BD5D6

split-complementary

#A97BD6 #D5D67B #7BD67B

monochromatic

#6C33A4 #8B4CC7 #A97BD6 #C7AAE5 #E6D8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A97BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#A97BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97BD6

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97BD6	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#658DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 123, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.139 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a2e3',
    500: '#a97bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97bd6;
$custom-light: #c4a2e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.33,
    "s": 52.601,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66428,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97BD6

secondary

#D6E5C7

accent

#C02572

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F3FB

border

#D1CDD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97BD6

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

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