#A997B2#A997B2

#A997B2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.044 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997B2
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 178)
HSL	hsl(280, 15%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(280, 15%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 11.72, -11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 16.50, 315.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% 0.0307 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.044 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4634, 33.7829, 46.7634)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997B2 #A0B297

analogous

#9C97B2 #A997B2 #B297AE

triadic

#A997B2 #B2A997 #97B2A9

tetradic

#A997B2 #B29C97 #A0B297 #97AEB2

square

#A997B2 #B29C97 #A0B297 #97AEB2

split-complementary

#A997B2 #AEB297 #97B29C

monochromatic

#6C5877 #8C7498 #A997B2 #C6BACC #E3DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A997B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#A997B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997B2

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997B2	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949CB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.044 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5c9',
    500: '#a997b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997b2;
$custom-light: #c2b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 14.917,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70093,
    "c": 0.04372,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997B2

secondary

#D1D7CE

accent

#994C66

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997B2

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

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