#A97CB2#A97CB2

#A97CB2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.093 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97CB2
RGB	rgb(169, 124, 178)
HSL	hsl(290, 26%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(290, 30%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 30.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, 27.00, -21.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 34.67, 321.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.0723 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.093 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6047, 26.0655, 45.4771)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97CB2 #85B27C

analogous

#8E7CB2 #A97CB2 #B27CA0

triadic

#A97CB2 #B2A97C #7CB2A9

tetradic

#A97CB2 #B28E7C #85B27C #7CA0B2

square

#A97CB2 #B28E7C #85B27C #7CA0B2

split-complementary

#A97CB2 #A0B27C #7CB28E

monochromatic

#694271 #8D5998 #A97CB2 #C2A3C9 #DCC9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A97CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#A97CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97CB2

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97CB2	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7688B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA828F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 124, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.093 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a2c9',
    500: '#a97cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97cb2;
$custom-light: #c3a2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 25.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64946,
    "c": 0.09344,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97CB2

secondary

#BECFBA

accent

#C26575

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F3F8

border

#D1CDD1

text

#120F13

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97CB2

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

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