#A69CB4#A69CB4

#A69CB4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.036 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69CB4
RGB	rgb(166, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(265, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(265, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, 8.30, -11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 13.86, 306.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0204 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.036 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8511, 35.1793, 48.0727)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69CB4 #AAB49C

analogous

#9C9EB4 #A69CB4 #B29CB4

triadic

#A69CB4 #B4A69C #9CB4A6

tetradic

#A69CB4 #B49C9E #AAB49C #9CB4B2

square

#A69CB4 #B49C9E #AAB49C #9CB4B2

split-complementary

#A69CB4 #B4B29C #9EB49C

monochromatic

#685C7A #87799A #A69CB4 #C5BFCE #E5E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A69CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A69CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69CB4

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69CB4	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.036 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b9ca',
    500: '#a69cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69cb4;
$custom-light: #c0b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70906,
    "c": 0.03619,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69CB4

secondary

#D7DAD2

accent

#984E79

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69CB4

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

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