#A997BB#A997BB

#A997BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.055 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997BB
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(270, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(270, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 13.58, -16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 21.14, 309.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% 0.0338 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.055 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3968, 34.1563, 51.6795)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997BB #A9BB97

analogous

#9797BB #A997BB #BB97BB

triadic

#A997BB #BBA997 #97BBA9

tetradic

#A997BB #BB9797 #A9BB97 #97BBBB

square

#A997BB #BB9797 #A9BB97 #97BBBB

split-complementary

#A997BB #BBBB97 #97BB97

monochromatic

#6C5582 #8A72A3 #A997BB #C8BCD3 #E6E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A997BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#A997BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997BB

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997BB	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.055 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5cf',
    500: '#a997bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997bb;
$custom-light: #c2b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70421,
    "c": 0.05538,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997BB

secondary

#D7DDD1

accent

#9F4673

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997BB

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

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