#A997CA#A997CA

#A997CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.076 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997CA
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 202)
HSL	hsl(261, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(261, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 25.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 16.82, -23.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 29.13, 305.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0386 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.076 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0873, 34.8324, 60.5825)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997CA #B8CA97

analogous

#979FCA #A997CA #C397CA

triadic

#A997CA #CAA997 #97CAA9

tetradic

#A997CA #CA979F #B8CA97 #97CAC3

square

#A997CA #CA979F #B8CA97 #97CAC3

split-complementary

#A997CA #CAC397 #9FCA97

monochromatic

#684E99 #876EB5 #A997CA #CBC0DF #ECE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A997CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A997CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997CA

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997CA	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.076 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5da',
    500: '#a997ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997ca;
$custom-light: #c3b5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 32.484,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71008,
    "c": 0.07564,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997CA

secondary

#E1E6D7

accent

#AB3A83

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997CA

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

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