#A97CA2#A97CA2

#A97CA2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.076 H 331.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97CA2
RGB	rgb(169, 124, 162)
HSL	hsl(309, 21%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(309, 27%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 4.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, 23.88, -13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 27.40, 330.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% 0.0674 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.076 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0909, 25.4600, 37.5046)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97CA2 #7CA983

analogous

#997CA9 #A97CA2 #A97C8C

triadic

#A97CA2 #A2A97C #7CA2A9

tetradic

#A97CA2 #A9997C #7CA983 #7C8CA9

square

#A97CA2 #A9997C #7CA983 #7C8CA9

split-complementary

#A97CA2 #8CA97C #7CA999

monochromatic

#674461 #8C5C84 #A97CA2 #C1A1BC #DAC6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#A97CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#A97CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97CA2

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97CA2	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B86A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 124, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.076 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a2bd',
    500: '#a97ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97ca2;
$custom-light: #c3a2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.333,
    "s": 20.737,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64313,
    "c": 0.07644,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97CA2

secondary

#B7C9BA

accent

#BD776A

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F3F6

border

#D1CDD0

text

#120F12

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97CA2

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

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