#A997CB#A997CB

#A997CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.077 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997CB
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(261, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(261, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 17.05, -24.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 29.66, 305.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% 0.0389 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.077 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2061, 34.8800, 61.2080)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997CB #B9CB97

analogous

#979FCB #A997CB #C397CB

triadic

#A997CB #CBA997 #97CBA9

tetradic

#A997CB #CB979F #B9CB97 #97CBC3

square

#A997CB #CB979F #B9CB97 #97CBC3

split-complementary

#A997CB #CBC397 #9FCB97

monochromatic

#684D9A #876EB7 #A997CB #CBC0DF #ECE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A997CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A997CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997CB

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997CB	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.077 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5db',
    500: '#a997cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997cb;
$custom-light: #c3b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71049,
    "c": 0.07701,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997CB

secondary

#E1E6D7

accent

#AC3984

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997CB

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

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