#A997F5#A997F5

#A997F5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.135 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997F5
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 245)
HSL	hsl(251, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(251, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 38.4%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, 27.04, -44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 52.30, 301.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% 0.0493 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.135 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9060, 37.1599, 91.2278)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997F5 #E3F597

analogous

#97B4F5 #A997F5 #D897F5

triadic

#A997F5 #F5A997 #97F5A9

tetradic

#A997F5 #F597B4 #E3F597 #97F5D8

square

#A997F5 #F597B4 #E3F597 #97F5D8

split-complementary

#A997F5 #F5D897 #B4F597

monochromatic

#4D27EA #7B5FF0 #A997F5 #D7CFFA #E8E3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A997F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#A997F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997F5

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997F5	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA6F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA2F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.135 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b5f9',
    500: '#a997f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997f5;
$custom-light: #c5b5f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.489,
    "s": 82.456,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72956,
    "c": 0.13454,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997F5

secondary

#EFF4D7

accent

#DF07B5

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997F5

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

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