#A997FA#A997FA

#A997FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.141 H 290.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997FA
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 250)
HSL	hsl(251, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 39.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, 28.31, -47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 54.97, 300.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% 0.0503 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.141 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6796, 37.4694, 95.3022)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997FA #E8FA97

analogous

#97B6FA #A997FA #DA97FA

triadic

#A997FA #FAA997 #97FAA9

tetradic

#A997FA #FA97B6 #E8FA97 #97FADA

square

#A997FA #FA97B6 #E8FA97 #97FADA

split-complementary

#A997FA #FADA97 #B6FA97

monochromatic

#4822F4 #795DF7 #A997FA #D9D1FD #E7E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A997FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#A997FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997FA

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997FA	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A6FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA3F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.141 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b5fc',
    500: '#a997fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997fa;
$custom-light: #c5b5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73208,
    "c": 0.1413,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997FA

secondary

#F0F6D5

accent

#E600BC

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997FA

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

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