#A97BE3#A97BE3

#A97BE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.155 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97BE3
RGB	rgb(169, 123, 227)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(267, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 45.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, 38.41, -46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 60.27, 309.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% 0.084 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.155 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3072, 28.1470, 76.1256)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97BE3 #B5E37B

analogous

#7B81E3 #A97BE3 #DD7BE3

triadic

#A97BE3 #E3A97B #7BE3A9

tetradic

#A97BE3 #E37B81 #B5E37B #7BE3DD

square

#A97BE3 #E37B81 #B5E37B #7BE3DD

split-complementary

#A97BE3 #E3DD7B #81E37B

monochromatic

#6928BC #8849D8 #A97BE3 #CAADEE #EBE0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A97BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#A97BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97BE3

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97BE3	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E90E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6990E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F8DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 123, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.155 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a2ec',
    500: '#a97be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97be3;
$custom-light: #c5a2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.538,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67104,
    "c": 0.1548,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97BE3

secondary

#DFECCD

accent

#CD197D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F3FD

border

#D1CDD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97BE3

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

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