#A697B4#A697B4

#A697B4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.045 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697B4
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 180)
HSL	hsl(271, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(271, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 16.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, 11.10, -13.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 17.13, 310.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% 0.028 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.045 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0293, 33.5357, 47.7988)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697B4 #A5B497

analogous

#9797B4 #A697B4 #B497B4

triadic

#A697B4 #B4A697 #97B4A6

tetradic

#A697B4 #B49797 #A5B497 #97B4B4

square

#A697B4 #B49797 #A5B497 #97B4B4

split-complementary

#A697B4 #B4B497 #97B497

monochromatic

#695779 #88739A #A697B4 #C4BBCE #E3DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A697B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#A697B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697B4

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697B4	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.045 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5ca',
    500: '#a697b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697b4;
$custom-light: #c0b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 16.201,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69898,
    "c": 0.04494,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697B4

secondary

#D3D8CE

accent

#9A4B71

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697B4

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

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