#A697B6#A697B6

#A697B6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.048 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697B6
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 182)
HSL	hsl(269, 18%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(269, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 17%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 11.52, -14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 18.19, 309.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0287 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.048 307)
XYZ	xyz(35.2345, 33.6177, 48.8796)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697B6 #A7B697

analogous

#9797B6 #A697B6 #B597B6

triadic

#A697B6 #B6A697 #97B6A6

tetradic

#A697B6 #B69797 #A7B697 #97B6B5

square

#A697B6 #B69797 #A7B697 #97B6B5

split-complementary

#A697B6 #B6B597 #97B697

monochromatic

#69577C #87739D #A697B6 #C5BBCF #E4DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A697B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A697B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697B6

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697B6	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)

#929CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.048 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5cc',
    500: '#a697b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697b6;
$custom-light: #c0b5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.032,
    "s": 17.514,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69971,
    "c": 0.0476,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.33618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697B6

secondary

#D5DACF

accent

#9C4A74

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697B6

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

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