#A697C8#A697C8

#A697C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.072 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697C8
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(258, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(258, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 15.42, -23.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 27.85, 303.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% 0.0346 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.072 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2156, 34.4102, 59.3136)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697C8 #B9C897

analogous

#97A1C8 #A697C8 #BF97C8

triadic

#A697C8 #C8A697 #97C8A6

tetradic

#A697C8 #C897A1 #B9C897 #97C8BF

square

#A697C8 #C897A1 #B9C897 #97C8BF

split-complementary

#A697C8 #C8BF97 #A1C897

monochromatic

#654F96 #846FB3 #A697C8 #C8BFDD #EBE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A697C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A697C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697C8

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697C8	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.072 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5d8',
    500: '#a697c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697c8;
$custom-light: #c1b5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.367,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70666,
    "c": 0.07226,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697C8

secondary

#E0E5D6

accent

#AA3C88

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697C8

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

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