#A697B3#A697B3

#A697B3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.044 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697B3
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 179)
HSL	hsl(272, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(272, 16%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 15.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 10.90, -12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 16.61, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.0276 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.044 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9278, 33.4951, 47.2642)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697B3 #A4B397

analogous

#9897B3 #A697B3 #B397B2

triadic

#A697B3 #B3A697 #97B3A6

tetradic

#A697B3 #B39897 #A4B397 #97B2B3

square

#A697B3 #B39897 #A4B397 #97B2B3

split-complementary

#A697B3 #B2B397 #97B398

monochromatic

#695878 #887499 #A697B3 #C4BACD #E3DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A697B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#A697B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697B3

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697B3	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.044 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5c9',
    500: '#a697b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697b3;
$custom-light: #c0b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 15.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69862,
    "c": 0.04362,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697B3

secondary

#D3D8CE

accent

#9A4C70

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697B3

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

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