#A97DB3#A97DB3

#A97DB3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.093 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97DB3
RGB	rgb(169, 125, 179)
HSL	hsl(289, 26%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(289, 30%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 30.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, 26.64, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 34.48, 320.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.0711 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.093 320)
XYZ	xyz(31.8314, 26.3577, 46.0498)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97DB3 #87B37D

analogous

#8E7DB3 #A97DB3 #B37DA2

triadic

#A97DB3 #B3A97D #7DB3A9

tetradic

#A97DB3 #B38E7D #87B37D #7DA2B3

square

#A97DB3 #B38E7D #87B37D #7DA2B3

split-complementary

#A97DB3 #A2B37D #7DB38E

monochromatic

#6A4373 #8D5A99 #A97DB3 #C3A4CA #DCCAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#A97DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#A97DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97DB3

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97DB3	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7789B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 125, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.093 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a3ca',
    500: '#a97db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97db3;
$custom-light: #c3a3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.889,
    "s": 26.214,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65169,
    "c": 0.09273,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.26357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97DB3

secondary

#BFD0BB

accent

#C36577

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#120F13

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97DB3

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

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