#A697C4#A697C4

#A697C4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.067 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697C4
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 196)
HSL	hsl(260, 28%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 23%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 23%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 14.53, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 25.68, 304.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0333 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.067 300)
XYZ	xyz(36.7543, 34.2257, 56.8837)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697C4 #B5C497

analogous

#979EC4 #A697C4 #BC97C4

triadic

#A697C4 #C4A697 #97C4A6

tetradic

#A697C4 #C4979E #B5C497 #97C4BC

square

#A697C4 #C4979E #B5C497 #97C4BC

split-complementary

#A697C4 #C4BC97 #9EC497

monochromatic

#66518F #8570AE #A697C4 #C7BEDA #E9E5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A697C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A697C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697C4

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697C4	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.067 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5d6',
    500: '#a697c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697c4;
$custom-light: #c0b5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 27.607,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70505,
    "c": 0.06672,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.34226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697C4

secondary

#DEE2D5

accent

#A63F84

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697C4

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

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