#A997EB#A997EB

#A997EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.121 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997EB
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 235)
HSL	hsl(253, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(253, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 24.56, -39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 46.92, 301.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0472 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.121 293)
XYZ	xyz(42.4205, 36.5657, 83.4041)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997EB #D9EB97

analogous

#97AFEB #A997EB #D397EB

triadic

#A997EB #EBA997 #97EBA9

tetradic

#A997EB #EB97AF #D9EB97 #97EBD3

square

#A997EB #EB97AF #D9EB97 #97EBD3

split-complementary

#A997EB #EBD397 #AFEB97

monochromatic

#5430D7 #7F64E1 #A997EB #D3CAF5 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A997EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#A997EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997EB

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997EB	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.121 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5f1',
    500: '#a997eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997eb;
$custom-light: #c4b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72469,
    "c": 0.12094,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.36566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997EB

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D016A8

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997EB

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

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