#A697D0#A697D0

#A697D0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.083 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697D0
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 208)
HSL	hsl(256, 38%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 27%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 27.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 17.23, -27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 32.19, 302.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0369 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.083 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1751, 34.7940, 64.3670)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697D0 #C1D097

analogous

#97A5D0 #A697D0 #C297D0

triadic

#A697D0 #D0A697 #97D0A6

tetradic

#A697D0 #D097A5 #C1D097 #97D0C2

square

#A697D0 #D097A5 #C1D097 #97D0C2

split-complementary

#A697D0 #D0C297 #A5D097

monochromatic

#614AA3 #826DBD #A697D0 #CAC1E3 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A697D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A697D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697D0

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697D0	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA0D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.083 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5de',
    500: '#a697d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697d0;
$custom-light: #c1b5de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 37.748,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70998,
    "c": 0.08338,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697D0

secondary

#E5E9DA

accent

#B13590

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697D0

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

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