#A697B9#A697B9

#A697B9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.052 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697B9
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 185)
HSL	hsl(266, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(266, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 12.15, -15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 19.78, 307.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.0297 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.052 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5478, 33.7431, 50.5299)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697B9 #AAB997

analogous

#9799B9 #A697B9 #B797B9

triadic

#A697B9 #B9A697 #97B9A6

tetradic

#A697B9 #B99799 #AAB997 #97B9B7

square

#A697B9 #B99799 #AAB997 #97B9B7

split-complementary

#A697B9 #B9B797 #99B997

monochromatic

#685680 #8772A0 #A697B9 #C5BCD2 #E5E0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A697B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A697B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697B9

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697B9	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.052 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5ce',
    500: '#a697b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697b9;
$custom-light: #c0b5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.471,
    "s": 19.54,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70082,
    "c": 0.05164,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697B9

secondary

#D7DCD0

accent

#9E4878

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697B9

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

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