#A97CD3#A97CD3

#A97CD3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.133 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97CD3
RGB	rgb(169, 124, 211)
HSL	hsl(271, 50%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(271, 41%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 41.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, 34.13, -38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 51.32, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% 0.0801 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.133 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3254, 27.5538, 65.0728)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97CD3 #A6D37C

analogous

#7D7CD3 #A97CD3 #D37CD2

triadic

#A97CD3 #D3A97C #7CD3A9

tetradic

#A97CD3 #D37D7C #A6D37C #7CD2D3

square

#A97CD3 #D37D7C #A6D37C #7CD2D3

split-complementary

#A97CD3 #D2D37C #7CD37D

monochromatic

#6C359F #8B4EC4 #A97CD3 #C7AAE2 #E5D8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A97CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#A97CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97CD3

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97CD3	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688ED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7390D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 124, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.133 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a2e1',
    500: '#a97cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97cd3;
$custom-light: #c4a2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 49.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6645,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97CD3

secondary

#D5E4C7

accent

#BD2870

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F3FB

border

#D1CDD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97CD3

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

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