#A97EC8#A97EC8

#A97EC8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.116 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97EC8
RGB	rgb(169, 126, 200)
HSL	hsl(275, 40%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(275, 37%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 37%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, 30.54, -32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 44.34, 313.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0749 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.116 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2465, 27.5273, 58.1416)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97EC8 #9DC87E

analogous

#847EC8 #A97EC8 #C87EC2

triadic

#A97EC8 #C8A97E #7EC8A9

tetradic

#A97EC8 #C8847E #9DC87E #7EC2C8

square

#A97EC8 #C8847E #9DC87E #7EC2C8

split-complementary

#A97EC8 #C2C87E #7EC884

monochromatic

#6C3D8F #8C53B6 #A97EC8 #C6A9DA #E2D4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A97EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#A97EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97EC8

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97EC8	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A90C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6899A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 126, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.116 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a4d9',
    500: '#a97ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97ec8;
$custom-light: #c3a4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.865,
    "s": 40.217,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66272,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97EC8

secondary

#CFDEC4

accent

#B33268

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#130F14

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97EC8

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

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