#A69BB4#A69BB4

#A69BB4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.038 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69BB4
RGB	rgb(166, 155, 180)
HSL	hsl(266, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(266, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, 8.86, -11.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 14.51, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% 0.0219 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.038 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6840, 34.8450, 48.0170)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69BB4 #A9B49B

analogous

#9B9CB4 #A69BB4 #B29BB4

triadic

#A69BB4 #B4A69B #9BB4A6

tetradic

#A69BB4 #B49B9C #A9B49B #9BB4B2

square

#A69BB4 #B49B9C #A9B49B #9BB4B2

split-complementary

#A69BB4 #B4B29B #9CB49B

monochromatic

#685B79 #87789A #A69BB4 #C5BECE #E4E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A69BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A69BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69BB4

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69BB4	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 155, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.038 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b8ca',
    500: '#a69bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69bb4;
$custom-light: #c0b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.4,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70704,
    "c": 0.03792,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69BB4

secondary

#D6DAD1

accent

#984D77

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69BB4

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

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