#A697B8#A697B8

#A697B8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.050 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697B8
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 184)
HSL	hsl(267, 19%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(267, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 17.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 11.94, -15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 19.24, 308.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% 0.0294 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.05 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4426, 33.7010, 49.9759)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697B8 #A9B897

analogous

#9798B8 #A697B8 #B697B8

triadic

#A697B8 #B8A697 #97B8A6

tetradic

#A697B8 #B89798 #A9B897 #97B8B6

square

#A697B8 #B89798 #A9B897 #97B8B6

split-complementary

#A697B8 #B8B697 #98B897

monochromatic

#68567E #87739F #A697B8 #C5BBD1 #E4E0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A697B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A697B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697B8

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697B8	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929CB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.050 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5cd',
    500: '#a697b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697b8;
$custom-light: #c0b5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 18.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70045,
    "c": 0.05028,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697B8

secondary

#D6DBD0

accent

#9D4877

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697B8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →