#A697C8

sRGB: 166 / 151 / 200

Radiant blossoms emerge from slumber
Shimmering rivers unfold through ancient forests
Boundless spirits carry promises of spring

#A697C8 belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 166 red, 151 green and 200 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 258.4° lands in the violet region. Its 30.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 68.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.88:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 166, 151, 200
HSL: 258.37°, 30.82%, 68.82%
HSV / HSB: 258.37°, 24.50%, 78.43%
CMYK (approx.): 17.00%, 24.50%, 0.00%, 21.57%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 37.216, 34.410, 59.327
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 65.287, 15.418, -23.191
WCAG relative luminance: 0.34410
24-bit decimal: 10917832

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #A697C8 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 7.88:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.66:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#B9C897 sits half a turn (180°) from #A697C8 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#A697C8 #B9C897

Analogous

#97A1C8 and #BE97C8 sit 30° to either side of #A697C8. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#97A1C8 #A697C8 #BE97C8

Triadic

#A697C8, #C8A697 and #97C8A6 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#A697C8 #C8A697 #97C8A6

Split complementary

Start at #A697C8 and look across the wheel. #C8BE97 and #A1C897 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#A697C8 #C8BE97 #A1C897

Square

Starting with #A697C8, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C897A1, #B9C897, then #97C8BE. Across the square, #A697C8 pairs with #B9C897, and #C897A1 with #97C8BE.

#A697C8 #C897A1 #B9C897 #97C8BE

Tetradic

#A697C8 and #B9C897 are opposites, as are #C897B9 and #97C8A6. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#A697C8 #C897B9 #B9C897 #97C8A6

Tints

Mixing #A697C8 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B8ACD3, keeps 80% of the original. By #EDEAF4, the mixture is 80% white.

#A697C8 #B8ACD3 #CAC1DE #DBD5E9 #EDEAF4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #A697C8 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8579A0, keeps 80% of the original. By #211E28, the mixture is 80% black.

#A697C8 #8579A0 #645B78 #423C50 #211E28 #000000

Tones

Mixing #A697C8 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9E92BA, keeps 80% of the original. By #88858E, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#A697C8 #9E92BA #978EAB #8F899D #88858E #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#A697C8

RGB

rgb(166 151 200)

HSL

hsl(258.367 30.818% 68.824%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #A697C8;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#A697C8 uses 166 red, 151 green and 200 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 65.1%

Green 59.2%

Blue 78.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #A697C8 is 17.0% cyan, 24.5% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 21.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 17.0%

Magenta 24.5%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 21.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AA99CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #A9C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #A697C8 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9999CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AA99CC Nearest web-safe: #9999CC

Gradient to complement

#A697C8 #A99FC0 #ACA7B8 #B0B0B0 #B3B8A7 #B6C09F #B9C897

Color vision previews

Compare how #A697C8 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#8D9ECA

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#8F9EC7

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#A09EA8

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#969CC9

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#969CC7

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A49ABD

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#9E9E9E

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A29BB5

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.38133 G 0.30947 B 0.57758

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.64104 G 0.59423 B 0.77037

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.36857 G 0.31185 B 0.55482

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.284 y 0.263 Y 34.410

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 34.902 M % 40.784 Y % 21.569

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10100110 10010111 11001000