#A997EE#A997EE

#A997EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.125 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997EE
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 238)
HSL	hsl(252, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(252, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, 25.30, -41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 48.53, 301.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0479 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.125 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8576, 36.7406, 85.7060)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997EE #DCEE97

analogous

#97B1EE #A997EE #D597EE

triadic

#A997EE #EEA997 #97EEA9

tetradic

#A997EE #EE97B1 #DCEE97 #97EED5

square

#A997EE #EE97B1 #DCEE97 #97EED5

split-complementary

#A997EE #EED597 #B1EE97

monochromatic

#522EDD #7E62E5 #A997EE #D4CCF7 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A997EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#A997EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997EE

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997EE	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.125 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5f4',
    500: '#a997ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997ee;
$custom-light: #c4b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.414,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72613,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997EE

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D412AC

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997EE

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

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