#A997BC#A997BC

#A997BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.057 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997BC
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(269, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(269, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, 13.79, -16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 21.67, 309.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% 0.0341 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.057 307)
XYZ	xyz(36.5042, 34.1992, 52.2452)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997BC #AABC97

analogous

#9798BC #A997BC #BC97BC

triadic

#A997BC #BCA997 #97BCA9

tetradic

#A997BC #BC9798 #AABC97 #97BCBC

square

#A997BC #BC9798 #AABC97 #97BCBC

split-complementary

#A997BC #BCBC97 #98BC97

monochromatic

#6C5584 #8A72A4 #A997BC #C8BCD4 #E7E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A997BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#A997BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997BC

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997BC	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.057 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5d0',
    500: '#a997bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997bc;
$custom-light: #c2b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.189,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70459,
    "c": 0.0567,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.34199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997BC

secondary

#D8DDD1

accent

#A04574

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997BC

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

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