#A697C3#A697C3

#A697C3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.065 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697C3
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 195)
HSL	hsl(260, 27%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 23%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 22.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, 14.30, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 25.14, 304.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% 0.033 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.065 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6408, 34.1803, 56.2863)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697C3 #B4C397

analogous

#979EC3 #A697C3 #BC97C3

triadic

#A697C3 #C3A697 #97C3A6

tetradic

#A697C3 #C3979E #B4C397 #97C3BC

square

#A697C3 #C3979E #B4C397 #97C3BC

split-complementary

#A697C3 #C3BC97 #9EC397

monochromatic

#66528E #8570AD #A697C3 #C7BED9 #E8E5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A697C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#A697C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697C3

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697C3	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.065 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5d5',
    500: '#a697c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697c3;
$custom-light: #c0b5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.455,
    "s": 26.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70466,
    "c": 0.06533,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697C3

secondary

#DDE2D4

accent

#A54083

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697C3

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

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