#A698B2#A698B2

#A698B2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.041 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A698B2
RGB	rgb(166, 152, 178)
HSL	hsl(272, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(272, 15%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 10.13, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 15.43, 311.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.0257 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.041 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9886, 33.7780, 46.7874)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A698B2 #A4B298

analogous

#9998B2 #A698B2 #B298B1

triadic

#A698B2 #B2A698 #98B2A6

tetradic

#A698B2 #B29998 #A4B298 #98B1B2

square

#A698B2 #B29998 #A4B298 #98B1B2

split-complementary

#A698B2 #B1B298 #98B299

monochromatic

#695977 #887598 #A698B2 #C4BBCC #E3DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A698B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#A698B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A698B2

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A698B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A698B2	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949CB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a698b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 152, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.041 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b6c9',
    500: '#a698b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a698b2;
$custom-light: #c0b6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a698b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 14.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70028,
    "c": 0.04052,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A698B2

secondary

#D3D7CE

accent

#994D70

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A698B2

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

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