#A97EAE#A97EAE

#A97EAE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.085 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97EAE
RGB	rgb(169, 126, 174)
HSL	hsl(294, 23%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(294, 28%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 27.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, 25.07, -18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 31.43, 322.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% 0.0681 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.085 323)
XYZ	xyz(31.4621, 26.4136, 43.4772)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97EAE #83AE7E

analogous

#917EAE #A97EAE #AE7E9B

triadic

#A97EAE #AEA97E #7EAEA9

tetradic

#A97EAE #AE917E #83AE7E #7E9BAE

square

#A97EAE #AE917E #83AE7E #7E9BAE

split-complementary

#A97EAE #9BAE7E #7EAE91

monochromatic

#69456D #8D5C93 #A97EAE #C2A4C6 #DBC9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A97EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#A97EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97EAE

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97EAE	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB838F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 126, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.085 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a4c6',
    500: '#a97eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97eae;
$custom-light: #c3a4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.75,
    "s": 22.857,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65147,
    "c": 0.08524,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.26413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97EAE

secondary

#BCCDBA

accent

#BF6872

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#120F13

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97EAE

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

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