#A997D3#A997D3

#A997D3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.088 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997D3
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 211)
HSL	hsl(258, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 28%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 28.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 18.86, -28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 33.97, 303.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0412 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.088 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1841, 35.2712, 66.3590)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997D3 #C1D397

analogous

#97A3D3 #A997D3 #C797D3

triadic

#A997D3 #D3A997 #97D3A9

tetradic

#A997D3 #D397A3 #C1D397 #97D3C7

square

#A997D3 #D397A3 #C1D397 #97D3C7

split-complementary

#A997D3 #D3C797 #A3D397

monochromatic

#6447A8 #856CC1 #A997D3 #CDC2E5 #EDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A997D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A997D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997D3

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997D3	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.088 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5e0',
    500: '#a997d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997d3;
$custom-light: #c3b5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71384,
    "c": 0.088,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997D3

secondary

#E6EBDB

accent

#B4328D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997D3

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

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