#A997BA#A997BA

#A997BA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.054 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997BA
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 186)
HSL	hsl(271, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(271, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 13.37, -15.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 20.62, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0334 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.054 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2901, 34.1136, 51.1176)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997BA #A8BA97

analogous

#9797BA #A997BA #BA97B9

triadic

#A997BA #BAA997 #97BAA9

tetradic

#A997BA #BA9797 #A8BA97 #97B9BA

square

#A997BA #BA9797 #A8BA97 #97B9BA

split-complementary

#A997BA #B9BA97 #97BA97

monochromatic

#6C5681 #8B72A2 #A997BA #C7BCD2 #E6E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A997BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A997BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997BA

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997BA	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.054 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5ce',
    500: '#a997ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997ba;
$custom-light: #c2b5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 20.231,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70384,
    "c": 0.05405,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997BA

secondary

#D6DCD1

accent

#9F4771

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997BA

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

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