#A697B2#A697B2

#A697B2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.042 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697B2
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 178)
HSL	hsl(273, 15%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(273, 15%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 10.69, -12.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 16.09, 311.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0273 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.042 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8270, 33.4547, 46.7335)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697B2 #A3B297

analogous

#9997B2 #A697B2 #B297B1

triadic

#A697B2 #B2A697 #97B2A6

tetradic

#A697B2 #B29997 #A3B297 #97B1B2

square

#A697B2 #B29997 #A3B297 #97B1B2

split-complementary

#A697B2 #B1B297 #97B299

monochromatic

#695877 #887498 #A697B2 #C4BACC #E2DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A697B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#A697B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697B2

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697B2	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939CB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.042 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5c9',
    500: '#a697b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697b2;
$custom-light: #c0b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 14.917,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69827,
    "c": 0.04231,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697B2

secondary

#D2D7CE

accent

#994C6E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697B2

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

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