#A697E2#A697E2

#A697E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.108 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A697E2
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 226)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(252, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 33.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, 21.50, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 41.96, 300.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.0417 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.108 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5166, 35.7306, 76.6988)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A697E2 #D3E297

analogous

#97AEE2 #A697E2 #CC97E2

triadic

#A697E2 #E2A697 #97E2A6

tetradic

#A697E2 #E297AE #D3E297 #97E2CC

square

#A697E2 #E297AE #D3E297 #97E2CC

split-complementary

#A697E2 #E2CC97 #AEE297

monochromatic

#5438C7 #7D67D5 #A697E2 #CFC7EF #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A697E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#A697E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A697E2

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A697E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A697E2	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a697e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.108 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5eb',
    500: '#a697e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a697e2;
$custom-light: #c2b5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a697e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71794,
    "c": 0.1084,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A697E2

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C422A3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A697E2

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

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