#A697B0#A697B0

#A697B0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.040 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697B0
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 176)
HSL	hsl(276, 14%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 14%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 14.2%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, 10.28, -11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 15.05, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% 0.0265 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.04 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6277, 33.3750, 45.6837)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697B0 #A1B097

analogous

#9A97B0 #A697B0 #B097AE

triadic

#A697B0 #B0A697 #97B0A6

tetradic

#A697B0 #B09A97 #A1B097 #97AEB0

square

#A697B0 #B09A97 #A1B097 #97AEB0

split-complementary

#A697B0 #AEB097 #97B09A

monochromatic

#695874 #887496 #A697B0 #C4BACA #E2DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A697B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#A697B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697B0

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697B0	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)

#949BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.040 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5c7',
    500: '#a697b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697b0;
$custom-light: #c0b5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 13.661,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69756,
    "c": 0.03971,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697B0

secondary

#D1D6CD

accent

#984E6B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697B0

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

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