#A997CD#A997CD

#A997CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.080 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997CD
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(260, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(260, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 17.49, -25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 30.74, 304.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.0395 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.08 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4459, 34.9759, 62.4713)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997CD #BBCD97

analogous

#97A0CD #A997CD #C497CD

triadic

#A997CD #CDA997 #97CDA9

tetradic

#A997CD #CD97A0 #BBCD97 #97CDC4

square

#A997CD #CD97A0 #BBCD97 #97CDC4

split-complementary

#A997CD #CDC497 #A0CD97

monochromatic

#674C9E #876EB9 #A997CD #CBC0E1 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A997CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A997CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997CD

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997CD	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.080 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5dc',
    500: '#a997cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997cd;
$custom-light: #c3b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71131,
    "c": 0.07976,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997CD

secondary

#E2E8D8

accent

#AE3886

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997CD

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

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