#A697AF#A697AF

#A697AF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.038 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697AF
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 175)
HSL	hsl(278, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 14%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, 10.08, -10.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 14.54, 313.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.0262 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.038 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5291, 33.3356, 45.1645)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697AF #A0AF97

analogous

#9A97AF #A697AF #AF97AC

triadic

#A697AF #AFA697 #97AFA6

tetradic

#A697AF #AF9A97 #A0AF97 #97ACAF

square

#A697AF #AF9A97 #A0AF97 #97ACAF

split-complementary

#A697AF #ACAF97 #97AF9A

monochromatic

#695973 #887494 #A697AF #C4BACA #E1DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A697AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#A697AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697AF

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697AF	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.038 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5c6',
    500: '#a697af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697af;
$custom-light: #c0b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69721,
    "c": 0.03843,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697AF

secondary

#D0D5CD

accent

#974E6A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697AF

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

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