#A997BD#A997BD

#A997BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.058 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997BD
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(268, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(268, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 14.00, -17.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 22.19, 309.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% 0.0344 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.058 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6124, 34.2425, 52.8149)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997BD #ABBD97

analogous

#9798BD #A997BD #BC97BD

triadic

#A997BD #BDA997 #97BDA9

tetradic

#A997BD #BD9798 #ABBD97 #97BDBC

square

#A997BD #BD9798 #ABBD97 #97BDBC

split-complementary

#A997BD #BDBC97 #98BD97

monochromatic

#6C5485 #8A72A5 #A997BD #C8BCD5 #E7E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A997BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A997BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997BD

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997BD	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.058 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5d1',
    500: '#a997bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997bd;
$custom-light: #c2b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70497,
    "c": 0.05803,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997BD

secondary

#D8DED2

accent

#A14575

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997BD

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

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