#A997FD#A997FD

#A997FD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.145 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997FD
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 253)
HSL	hsl(251, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 40.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 29.07, -48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 56.58, 300.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.0508 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.145 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1538, 37.6590, 97.7994)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997FD #EBFD97

analogous

#97B8FD #A997FD #DC97FD

triadic

#A997FD #FDA997 #97FDA9

tetradic

#A997FD #FD97B8 #EBFD97 #97FDDC

square

#A997FD #FD97B8 #EBFD97 #97FDDC

split-complementary

#A997FD #FDDC97 #B8FD97

monochromatic

#461FFB #775BFC #A997FD #DBD3FE #E6E1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A997FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#A997FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997FD

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997FD	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78A3FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.145 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b5fe',
    500: '#a997fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997fd;
$custom-light: #c5b5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 96.226,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73361,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997FD

secondary

#F1F7D4

accent

#E600BD

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997FD

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

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