#A97DCD#A97DCD

#A97DCD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.124 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97DCD
RGB	rgb(169, 125, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(273, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 39%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, 32.21, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 47.57, 312.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% 0.0775 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.124 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7132, 27.5104, 61.2271)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97DCD #A1CD7D

analogous

#817DCD #A97DCD #CD7DC9

triadic

#A97DCD #CDA97D #7DCDA9

tetradic

#A97DCD #CD817D #A1CD7D #7DC9CD

square

#A97DCD #CD817D #A1CD7D #7DC9CD

split-complementary

#A97DCD #C9CD7D #7DCD81

monochromatic

#6C3A96 #8C51BC #A97DCD #C6A9DE #E3D5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A97DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#A97DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97DCD

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97DCD	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7790CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4899B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 125, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.124 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a3dc',
    500: '#a97dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97dcd;
$custom-light: #c4a3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66332,
    "c": 0.12406,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97DCD

secondary

#D2E1C5

accent

#B82E6C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#130F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97DCD

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

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