#A97EA3#A97EA3

#A97EA3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.074 H 331.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97EA3
RGB	rgb(169, 126, 163)
HSL	hsl(308, 20%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(308, 25%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 3.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, 22.93, -13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 26.47, 330.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% 0.0646 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.074 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4333, 26.0020, 38.0590)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97EA3 #7EA984

analogous

#997EA9 #A97EA3 #A97E8D

triadic

#A97EA3 #A3A97E #7EA3A9

tetradic

#A97EA3 #A9997E #7EA984 #7E8DA9

square

#A97EA3 #A9997E #7EA984 #7E8DA9

split-complementary

#A97EA3 #8DA97E #7EA999

monochromatic

#684563 #8C5E86 #A97EA3 #C1A3BD #DAC7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A97EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#A97EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97EA3

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97EA3	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD808B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 126, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.074 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a3be',
    500: '#a97ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97ea3;
$custom-light: #c3a3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.372,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64721,
    "c": 0.07367,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97EA3

secondary

#B9CABB

accent

#BD776B

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F4F6

border

#D1CED0

text

#120F12

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97EA3

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

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