#A97EA4#A97EA4

#A97EA4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.075 H 330.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97EA4
RGB	rgb(169, 126, 164)
HSL	hsl(307, 20%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(307, 25%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, 23.12, -13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 26.90, 329.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% 0.0649 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.075 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5233, 26.0380, 38.5327)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97EA4 #7EA983

analogous

#987EA9 #A97EA4 #A97E8E

triadic

#A97EA4 #A4A97E #7EA4A9

tetradic

#A97EA4 #A9987E #7EA983 #7E8EA9

square

#A97EA4 #A9987E #7EA983 #7E8EA9

split-complementary

#A97EA4 #8EA97E #7EA998

monochromatic

#684564 #8C5E87 #A97EA4 #C1A3BE #DAC7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A97EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#A97EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97EA4

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97EA4	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD818B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 126, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.075 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a3bf',
    500: '#a97ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97ea4;
$custom-light: #c3a3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.977,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64759,
    "c": 0.07466,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97EA4

secondary

#B9CABB

accent

#BD756B

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F4F7

border

#D1CED0

text

#120F12

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97EA4

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

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