#A997FF#A997FF

#A997FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.148 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A997FF
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 255)
HSL	hsl(250, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(250, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 40.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 29.58, -49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 57.65, 300.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0511 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.148 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.4740, 37.7871, 99.4861)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A997FF #EDFF97

analogous

#97B9FF #A997FF #DD97FF

triadic

#A997FF #FFA997 #97FFA9

tetradic

#A997FF #FF97B9 #EDFF97 #97FFDD

square

#A997FF #FF97B9 #EDFF97 #97FFDD

split-complementary

#A997FF #FFDD97 #B9FF97

monochromatic

#441DFF #765AFF #A997FF #DCD4FF #E6E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A997FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#A997FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A997FF

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A997FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A997FF	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76A7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77A3FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a997ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.148 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b5ff',
    500: '#a997ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a997ff;
$custom-light: #c5b5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a997ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.385,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73464,
    "c": 0.14802,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A997FF

secondary

#F1F7D4

accent

#E600BE

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #A997FF

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

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