#A697DD#A697DD

#A697DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697DD
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 221)
HSL	hsl(253, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(253, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 31.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 20.29, -33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 39.25, 301.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0405 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.101 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8405, 35.4602, 73.1381)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697DD #CEDD97

analogous

#97ABDD #A697DD #C997DD

triadic

#A697DD #DDA697 #97DDA6

tetradic

#A697DD #DD97AB #CEDD97 #97DDC9

square

#A697DD #DD97AB #CEDD97 #97DDC9

split-complementary

#A697DD #DDC997 #ABDD97

monochromatic

#593DBC #7F69CE #A697DD #CDC5EC #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A697DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A697DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697DD

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697DD	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5e8',
    500: '#a697dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697dd;
$custom-light: #c1b5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71566,
    "c": 0.10147,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697DD

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#BE279E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697DD

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

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