#A697D2#A697D2

#A697D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.086 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697D2
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 210)
HSL	hsl(255, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(255, 28%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 28.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, 17.70, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 33.27, 302.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0375 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.086 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4227, 34.8930, 65.6710)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697D2 #C3D297

analogous

#97A5D2 #A697D2 #C397D2

triadic

#A697D2 #D2A697 #97D2A6

tetradic

#A697D2 #D297A5 #C3D297 #97D2C3

square

#A697D2 #D297A5 #C3D297 #97D2C3

split-complementary

#A697D2 #D2C397 #A5D297

monochromatic

#6048A7 #816CC0 #A697D2 #CBC2E4 #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A697D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A697D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697D2

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697D2	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9FD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.086 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5e0',
    500: '#a697d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697d2;
$custom-light: #c1b5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.254,
    "s": 39.597,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71083,
    "c": 0.08617,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697D2

secondary

#E6EADA

accent

#B33392

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697D2

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

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