#A697AD#A697AD

#A697AD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.036 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697AD
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 173)
HSL	hsl(281, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(281, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 12.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, 9.68, -9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 13.53, 315.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% 0.0255 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.036 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3341, 33.2576, 44.1377)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697AD #9EAD97

analogous

#9B97AD #A697AD #AD97A9

triadic

#A697AD #ADA697 #97ADA6

tetradic

#A697AD #AD9B97 #9EAD97 #97A9AD

square

#A697AD #AD9B97 #9EAD97 #97A9AD

split-complementary

#A697AD #A9AD97 #97AD9B

monochromatic

#695971 #897592 #A697AD #C3B9C8 #E1DBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A697AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#A697AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697AD

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697AD	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.036 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5c5',
    500: '#a697ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697ad;
$custom-light: #c0b5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 11.828,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69651,
    "c": 0.03589,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697AD

secondary

#CED4CC

accent

#965066

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697AD

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

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