#A698B0#A698B0

#A698B0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.038 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A698B0
RGB	rgb(166, 152, 176)
HSL	hsl(275, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(275, 14%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 13.6%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 9.72, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 14.39, 312.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% 0.025 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.038 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7893, 33.6982, 45.7375)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A698B0 #A2B098

analogous

#9A98B0 #A698B0 #B098AE

triadic

#A698B0 #B0A698 #98B0A6

tetradic

#A698B0 #B09A98 #A2B098 #98AEB0

square

#A698B0 #B09A98 #A2B098 #98AEB0

split-complementary

#A698B0 #AEB098 #98B09A

monochromatic

#695974 #887595 #A698B0 #C4BBCB #E2DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A698B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A698B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A698B0

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A698B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A698B0	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959CB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a698b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 152, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.038 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b6c7',
    500: '#a698b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a698b0;
$custom-light: #c0b6c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a698b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 13.187,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69957,
    "c": 0.0379,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A698B0

secondary

#D1D6CE

accent

#974E6D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A698B0

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

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