#A697AB#A697AB

#A697AB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.033 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697AB
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 171)
HSL	hsl(285, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(285, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 11.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, 9.28, -8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 12.53, 317.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0.0247 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.033 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1420, 33.1808, 43.1261)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697AB #9CAB97

analogous

#9C97AB #A697AB #AB97A6

triadic

#A697AB #ABA697 #97ABA6

tetradic

#A697AB #AB9C97 #9CAB97 #97A6AB

square

#A697AB #AB9C97 #9CAB97 #97A6AB

split-complementary

#A697AB #A6AB97 #97AB9C

monochromatic

#69596E #897590 #A697AB #C3B9C6 #E0DBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A697AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#A697AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697AB

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697AB	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.033 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5c4',
    500: '#a697ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697ab;
$custom-light: #c0b5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 10.638,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69582,
    "c": 0.03342,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697AB

secondary

#CDD2CB

accent

#955162

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697AB

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

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