#A997BF#A997BF

#A997BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.061 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997BF
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 191)
HSL	hsl(267, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(267, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 14.42, -18.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 23.25, 308.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% 0.0351 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.061 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8310, 34.3299, 53.9661)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997BF #ADBF97

analogous

#9799BF #A997BF #BD97BF

triadic

#A997BF #BFA997 #97BFA9

tetradic

#A997BF #BF9799 #ADBF97 #97BFBD

square

#A997BF #BF9799 #ADBF97 #97BFBD

split-complementary

#A997BF #BFBD97 #99BF97

monochromatic

#6B5488 #8A71A8 #A997BF #C8BDD6 #E8E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A997BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#A997BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997BF

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997BF	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.061 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5d2',
    500: '#a997bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997bf;
$custom-light: #c2b5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70573,
    "c": 0.06071,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997BF

secondary

#DADFD3

accent

#A24378

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997BF

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

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