#A697C6#A697C6

#A697C6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.069 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697C6
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 198)
HSL	hsl(259, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 23.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 14.97, -22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 26.76, 304.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% 0.0339 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.069 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9834, 34.3173, 58.0906)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697C6 #B7C697

analogous

#979FC6 #A697C6 #BD97C6

triadic

#A697C6 #C6A697 #97C6A6

tetradic

#A697C6 #C6979F #B7C697 #97C6BD

square

#A697C6 #C6979F #B7C697 #97C6BD

split-complementary

#A697C6 #C6BD97 #9FC697

monochromatic

#655092 #846FB0 #A697C6 #C8BFDC #EAE6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A697C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#A697C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697C6

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697C6	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.069 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5d7',
    500: '#a697c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697c6;
$custom-light: #c1b5d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.149,
    "s": 29.193,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70585,
    "c": 0.06949,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697C6

secondary

#DFE3D5

accent

#A83E86

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697C6

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

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