#A997AA#A997AA

#A997AA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.034 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997AA
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 170)
HSL	hsl(297, 10%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(297, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 11.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, 10.14, -7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 12.60, 323.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.0278 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.034 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6835, 33.4709, 42.6558)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997AA #98AA97

analogous

#9F97AA #A997AA #AA97A1

triadic

#A997AA #AAA997 #97AAA9

tetradic

#A997AA #AA9F97 #98AA97 #97A1AA

square

#A997AA #AA9F97 #98AA97 #97A1AA

split-complementary

#A997AA #A1AA97 #97AA9F

monochromatic

#6C596D #8D758E #A997AA #C5B9C6 #E1DAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A997AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#A997AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997AA

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997AA	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.034 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5c3',
    500: '#a997aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997aa;
$custom-light: #c2b5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.842,
    "s": 10.053,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69817,
    "c": 0.03416,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997AA

secondary

#CBD2CB

accent

#945155

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997AA

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

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