#A697C9#A697C9

#A697C9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.074 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697C9
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 201)
HSL	hsl(258, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(258, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 24.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, 15.64, -23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 28.39, 303.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0349 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.074 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3329, 34.4571, 59.9311)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697C9 #BAC997

analogous

#97A1C9 #A697C9 #BF97C9

triadic

#A697C9 #C9A697 #97C9A6

tetradic

#A697C9 #C997A1 #BAC997 #97C9BF

square

#A697C9 #C997A1 #BAC997 #97C9BF

split-complementary

#A697C9 #C9BF97 #A1C997

monochromatic

#644E97 #846FB4 #A697C9 #C8BFDE #EBE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A697C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#A697C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697C9

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697C9	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.074 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5d9',
    500: '#a697c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697c9;
$custom-light: #c1b5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70707,
    "c": 0.07365,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697C9

secondary

#E1E5D7

accent

#AA3B89

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697C9

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

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