#A697CD#A697CD

#A697CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.079 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697CD
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(257, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 16.55, -25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 30.56, 302.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0361 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.079 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8095, 34.6478, 62.4415)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697CD #BECD97

analogous

#97A3CD #A697CD #C197CD

triadic

#A697CD #CDA697 #97CDA6

tetradic

#A697CD #CD97A3 #BECD97 #97CDC1

square

#A697CD #CD97A3 #BECD97 #97CDC1

split-complementary

#A697CD #CDC197 #A3CD97

monochromatic

#634C9E #836EB9 #A697CD #C9C0E1 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A697CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A697CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697CD

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697CD	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.079 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5dc',
    500: '#a697cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697cd;
$custom-light: #c1b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70872,
    "c": 0.07921,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697CD

secondary

#E3E8D8

accent

#AE388D

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697CD

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

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