#A697C5#A697C5

#A697C5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.068 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697C5
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 197)
HSL	hsl(260, 28%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 23%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 23.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 14.75, -21.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 26.22, 304.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0336 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.068 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8685, 34.2713, 57.4852)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697C5 #B6C597

analogous

#979FC5 #A697C5 #BD97C5

triadic

#A697C5 #C5A697 #97C5A6

tetradic

#A697C5 #C5979F #B6C597 #97C5BD

square

#A697C5 #C5979F #B6C597 #97C5BD

split-complementary

#A697C5 #C5BD97 #9FC597

monochromatic

#665191 #8470AF #A697C5 #C8BEDB #E9E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A697C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A697C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697C5

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697C5	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#8E9EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.068 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5d6',
    500: '#a697c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697c5;
$custom-light: #c0b5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.565,
    "s": 28.395,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70545,
    "c": 0.0681,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697C5

secondary

#DEE3D5

accent

#A73E85

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697C5

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

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