#A698B6#A698B6

#A698B6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.046 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A698B6
RGB	rgb(166, 152, 182)
HSL	hsl(268, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(268, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 16.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 10.95, -13.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 17.53, 308.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0272 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.046 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3961, 33.9410, 48.9334)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A698B6 #A8B698

analogous

#9899B6 #A698B6 #B598B6

triadic

#A698B6 #B6A698 #98B6A6

tetradic

#A698B6 #B69899 #A8B698 #98B6B5

square

#A698B6 #B69899 #A8B698 #98B6B5

split-complementary

#A698B6 #B6B598 #99B698

monochromatic

#69587C #87749D #A698B6 #C5BCCF #E4E0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A698B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A698B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A698B6

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A698B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A698B6	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a698b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 152, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.046 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b6cc',
    500: '#a698b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a698b6;
$custom-light: #c0b6cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a698b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 17.045,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70171,
    "c": 0.04584,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A698B6

secondary

#D5DAD0

accent

#9B4A75

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A698B6

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

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