#A997DA#A997DA

#A997DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.098 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997DA
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 218)
HSL	hsl(256, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(256, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 30.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, 20.48, -31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 37.75, 302.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0431 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.098 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0808, 35.6298, 71.0817)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997DA #C8DA97

analogous

#97A7DA #A997DA #CA97DA

triadic

#A997DA #DAA997 #97DAA9

tetradic

#A997DA #DA97A7 #C8DA97 #97DACA

square

#A997DA #DA97A7 #C8DA97 #97DACA

split-complementary

#A997DA #DACA97 #A7DA97

monochromatic

#6041B6 #846ACA #A997DA #CEC4EA #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A997DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#A997DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997DA

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997DA	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.098 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5e5',
    500: '#a997da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997da;
$custom-light: #c3b5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.119,
    "s": 47.518,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71688,
    "c": 0.09763,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997DA

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BB2B94

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997DA

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

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