#A697DB#A697DB

#A697DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.099 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697DB
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 219)
HSL	hsl(253, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(253, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 31.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 19.82, -32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 38.16, 301.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.04 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.099 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5757, 35.3542, 71.7431)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697DB #CCDB97

analogous

#97AADB #A697DB #C897DB

triadic

#A697DB #DBA697 #97DBA6

tetradic

#A697DB #DB97AA #CCDB97 #97DBC8

square

#A697DB #DB97AA #CCDB97 #97DBC8

split-complementary

#A697DB #DBC897 #AADB97

monochromatic

#5A40B8 #7F6ACB #A697DB #CDC4EB #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A697DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A697DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697DB

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697DB	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.099 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5e6',
    500: '#a697db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697db;
$custom-light: #c1b5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.235,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71476,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697DB

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BC2A9C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697DB

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

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