#A697B1#A697B1

#A697B1 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.041 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697B1
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 177)
HSL	hsl(275, 14%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(275, 15%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 14.7%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 10.49, -11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 15.57, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0269 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.041 311)
XYZ	xyz(34.7270, 33.4147, 46.2067)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697B1 #A2B197

analogous

#9997B1 #A697B1 #B197AF

triadic

#A697B1 #B1A697 #97B1A6

tetradic

#A697B1 #B19997 #A2B197 #97AFB1

square

#A697B1 #B19997 #A2B197 #97AFB1

split-complementary

#A697B1 #AFB197 #97B199

monochromatic

#695875 #887497 #A697B1 #C4BACB #E2DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A697B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#A697B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697B1

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697B1	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.041 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5c8',
    500: '#a697b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697b1;
$custom-light: #c0b5c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.615,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69791,
    "c": 0.04101,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.33415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697B1

secondary

#D1D6CD

accent

#984D6D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697B1

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

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