#A97CA4#A97CA4

#A97CA4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.078 H 330.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97CA4
RGB	rgb(169, 124, 164)
HSL	hsl(307, 21%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(307, 27%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, 24.25, -14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 28.25, 329.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% 0.0681 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.078 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2701, 25.5317, 38.4483)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97CA4 #7CA981

analogous

#987CA9 #A97CA4 #A97C8D

triadic

#A97CA4 #A4A97C #7CA4A9

tetradic

#A97CA4 #A9987C #7CA981 #7C8DA9

square

#A97CA4 #A9987C #7CA981 #7C8DA9

split-complementary

#A97CA4 #8DA97C #7CA998

monochromatic

#674463 #8C5C87 #A97CA4 #C1A1BE #DAC6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A97CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#A97CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97CA4

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97CA4	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 124, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.078 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a2bf',
    500: '#a97ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97ca4;
$custom-light: #c3a2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 20.737,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64389,
    "c": 0.07841,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97CA4

secondary

#B7C9B9

accent

#BD746A

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F3F7

border

#D1CDD0

text

#120F12

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97CA4

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

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