#A997EA#A997EA

#A997EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.120 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997EA
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 234)
HSL	hsl(253, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(253, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 35.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 24.32, -39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 46.38, 301.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% 0.047 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.12 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2764, 36.5081, 82.6454)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997EA #D8EA97

analogous

#97AEEA #A997EA #D297EA

triadic

#A997EA #EAA997 #97EAA9

tetradic

#A997EA #EA97AE #D8EA97 #97EAD2

square

#A997EA #EA97AE #D8EA97 #97EAD2

split-complementary

#A997EA #EAD297 #AEEA97

monochromatic

#5531D5 #7F64E0 #A997EA #D3CAF4 #EAE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A997EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#A997EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997EA

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997EA	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.120 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5f1',
    500: '#a997ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997ea;
$custom-light: #c4b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.012,
    "s": 66.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72421,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997EA

secondary

#ECF1DA

accent

#CE17A7

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997EA

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

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