#A697C7#A697C7

#A697C7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.071 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697C7
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 199)
HSL	hsl(259, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(259, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 24.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 15.19, -22.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 27.31, 303.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.0343 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.071 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0991, 34.3636, 58.7001)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697C7 #B8C797

analogous

#97A0C7 #A697C7 #BE97C7

triadic

#A697C7 #C7A697 #97C7A6

tetradic

#A697C7 #C797A0 #B8C797 #97C7BE

square

#A697C7 #C797A0 #B8C797 #97C7BE

split-complementary

#A697C7 #C7BE97 #A0C797

monochromatic

#655094 #846FB2 #A697C7 #C8BFDC #EAE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A697C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#A697C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697C7

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697C7	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.071 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5d8',
    500: '#a697c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697c7;
$custom-light: #c1b5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70626,
    "c": 0.07087,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697C7

secondary

#E0E4D6

accent

#A93D87

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697C7

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

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