#A697B5#A697B5

#A697B5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.046 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697B5
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 181)
HSL	hsl(270, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(270, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 16.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, 11.31, -13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 17.66, 309.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.0283 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.046 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1315, 33.5765, 48.3372)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697B5 #A6B597

analogous

#9797B5 #A697B5 #B597B5

triadic

#A697B5 #B5A697 #97B5A6

tetradic

#A697B5 #B59797 #A6B597 #97B5B5

square

#A697B5 #B59797 #A6B597 #97B5B5

split-complementary

#A697B5 #B5B597 #97B597

monochromatic

#69577A #87739C #A697B5 #C5BBCE #E3DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A697B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A697B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697B5

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697B5	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.046 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5cb',
    500: '#a697b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697b5;
$custom-light: #c0b5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 16.854,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69935,
    "c": 0.04626,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697B5

secondary

#D4D9CF

accent

#9B4A73

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697B5

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

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