#A997AE#A997AE

#A997AE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.039 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997AE
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 174)
HSL	hsl(287, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(287, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 10.93, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 14.51, 318.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.0292 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.039 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0676, 33.6246, 44.6790)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997AE #9CAE97

analogous

#9D97AE #A997AE #AE97A7

triadic

#A997AE #AEA997 #97AEA9

tetradic

#A997AE #AE9D97 #9CAE97 #97A7AE

square

#A997AE #AE9D97 #9CAE97 #97A7AE

split-complementary

#A997AE #A7AE97 #97AE9D

monochromatic

#6C5972 #8D7593 #A997AE #C5B9C9 #E2DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A997AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A997AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997AE

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997AE	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.039 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5c6',
    500: '#a997ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997ae;
$custom-light: #c2b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.957,
    "s": 12.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69953,
    "c": 0.03881,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997AE

secondary

#CED4CC

accent

#974F5F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997AE

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

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