#A97CD5#A97CD5
#A97CD5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.136 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A97CD5 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 124, 213) |
| HSL | hsl(270, 51%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(270, 42%, 84%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(20.7%, 41.8%, 0%, 16.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.58, 34.59, -39.30) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(59.58, 52.35, 311.35°) |
| OKLab | oklab(66.55% 0.0804 -0.1093) |
| OKLCH | oklch(66.55% 0.136 306.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.5777, 27.6547, 66.4015) |
| Luminance | 0.2765 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | violet |
Closest named colors
Wisteria
#A87DC2
ΔE00 4.04
Deep Lilac
#966EBD
ΔE00 6.01
Light Purple
#BF77F6
ΔE00 6.07
Mediumpurple
#9370DB
ΔE00 6.20
Light Urple
#B36FF6
ΔE00 6.41
Pale Purple
#B790D4
ΔE00 6.58
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A97CD5 #A8D57C
analogous
#7C7CD5 #A97CD5 #D57CD4
triadic
#A97CD5 #D5A97C #7CD5A9
tetradic
#A97CD5 #D57C7C #A8D57C #7CD4D5
square
#A97CD5 #D57C7C #A8D57C #7CD4D5
split-complementary
#A97CD5 #D4D57C #7CD57C
monochromatic
#6C34A2 #8B4EC6 #A97CD5 #C7AAE4 #E6D9F3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.22
#A97CD5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.53
#A97CD5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A97CD5
6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A97CD5 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A97CD5 | 1.00 | 3.22 | 6.53 | 6.53 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#678ED8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7290D3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A28A9E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a97cd5; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 124, 213); /* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.136 306.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c4a2e2',
500: '#a97cd5',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a97cd5; $custom-light: #c4a2e2; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a97cd5",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 124,
"b": 213
},
"hsl": {
"h": 270.337,
"s": 51.445,
"l": 66.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.66549,
"c": 0.13572,
"h": 306.3
},
"luminance": 0.27654
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A97CD5
secondary
#D6E5C8
accent
#BF2772
background
#FCFAFD
surface
#F8F3FB
border
#D1CDD4
text
#130F15
muted
#827F83