#A997D2#A997D2

#A997D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.087 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997D2
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 210)
HSL	hsl(258, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 28%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 28.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 18.63, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 33.43, 303.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% 0.0409 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.087 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0591, 35.2212, 65.7009)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997D2 #C0D297

analogous

#97A2D2 #A997D2 #C697D2

triadic

#A997D2 #D2A997 #97D2A9

tetradic

#A997D2 #D297A2 #C0D297 #97D2C6

square

#A997D2 #D297A2 #C0D297 #97D2C6

split-complementary

#A997D2 #D2C697 #A2D297

monochromatic

#6548A7 #866CC0 #A997D2 #CCC2E4 #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A997D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A997D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997D2

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997D2	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.087 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5e0',
    500: '#a997d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997d2;
$custom-light: #c3b5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.305,
    "s": 39.597,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71341,
    "c": 0.08662,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997D2

secondary

#E5EADA

accent

#B3338C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997D2

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

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