#A697B7#A697B7

#A697B7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.049 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697B7
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 183)
HSL	hsl(268, 18%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(268, 17%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 17.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 11.73, -14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 18.71, 308.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% 0.029 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.049 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3382, 33.6592, 49.4258)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697B7 #A8B797

analogous

#9798B7 #A697B7 #B697B7

triadic

#A697B7 #B7A697 #97B7A6

tetradic

#A697B7 #B79798 #A8B797 #97B7B6

square

#A697B7 #B79798 #A8B797 #97B7B6

split-complementary

#A697B7 #B7B697 #98B797

monochromatic

#69577D #87739E #A697B7 #C5BBD0 #E4DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A697B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#A697B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697B7

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697B7	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.049 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5cc',
    500: '#a697b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697b7;
$custom-light: #c0b5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70008,
    "c": 0.04894,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697B7

secondary

#D5DAD0

accent

#9C4975

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697B7

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

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