#A69BB9#A69BB9

#A69BB9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.045 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69BB9
RGB	rgb(166, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(262, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(262, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 9.90, -14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 17.19, 305.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0237 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.045 302)
XYZ	xyz(36.2025, 35.0525, 50.7481)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69BB9 #AEB99B

analogous

#9B9FB9 #A69BB9 #B59BB9

triadic

#A69BB9 #B9A69B #9BB9A6

tetradic

#A69BB9 #B99B9F #AEB99B #9BB9B5

square

#A69BB9 #B99B9F #AEB99B #9BB9B5

split-complementary

#A69BB9 #B9B59B #9FB99B

monochromatic

#685A80 #8677A0 #A69BB9 #C6BFD2 #E6E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A69BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A69BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69BB9

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69BB9	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.045 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b8ce',
    500: '#a69bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69bb9;
$custom-light: #c0b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70883,
    "c": 0.04475,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.35052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69BB9

secondary

#D9DDD3

accent

#9C4A7E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69BB9

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

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