#A997EF#A997EF

#A997EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.126 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997EF
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 239)
HSL	hsl(252, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(252, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 36.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 25.55, -41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 49.07, 301.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.0481 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.126 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0049, 36.7995, 86.4819)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997EF #DDEF97

analogous

#97B1EF #A997EF #D597EF

triadic

#A997EF #EFA997 #97EFA9

tetradic

#A997EF #EF97B1 #DDEF97 #97EFD5

square

#A997EF #EF97B1 #DDEF97 #97EFD5

split-complementary

#A997EF #EFD597 #B1EF97

monochromatic

#512DDF #7D62E7 #A997EF #D5CCF7 #E9E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A997EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#A997EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997EF

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997EF	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.126 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5f4',
    500: '#a997ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997ef;
$custom-light: #c4b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.273,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72662,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997EF

secondary

#EDF3D8

accent

#D510AD

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997EF

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

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