#A997F2#A997F2

#A997F2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.130 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997F2
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 242)
HSL	hsl(252, 78%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(252, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 37.6%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 26.29, -43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 50.69, 301.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0487 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.13 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4518, 36.9782, 88.8354)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997F2 #E0F297

analogous

#97B3F2 #A997F2 #D797F2

triadic

#A997F2 #F2A997 #97F2A9

tetradic

#A997F2 #F297B3 #E0F297 #97F2D7

square

#A997F2 #F297B3 #E0F297 #97F2D7

split-complementary

#A997F2 #F2D797 #B3F297

monochromatic

#4F2AE4 #7C61EB #A997F2 #D6CDF9 #E9E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A997F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A997F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997F2

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997F2	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA5F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA2F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.130 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5f6',
    500: '#a997f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997f2;
$custom-light: #c4b5f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.868,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72808,
    "c": 0.13047,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997F2

secondary

#EEF3D8

accent

#DA0BB1

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FE

border

#D1D0D6

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997F2

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

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