#A196AA#A196AA

#A196AA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.031 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A196AA
RGB	rgb(161, 150, 170)
HSL	hsl(273, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, 7.89, -8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 11.95, 311.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.0202 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.031 310)
XYZ	xyz(32.8588, 32.2922, 42.5244)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A196AA #9FAA96

analogous

#9796AA #A196AA #AA96A9

triadic

#A196AA #AAA196 #96AAA1

tetradic

#A196AA #AA9796 #9FAA96 #96A9AA

square

#A196AA #AA9796 #9FAA96 #96A9AA

split-complementary

#A196AA #A9AA96 #96AA97

monochromatic

#64586D #83748F #A196AA #BFB8C5 #DEDAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A196AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#A196AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A196AA

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A196AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A196AA	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9399AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a196aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 150, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.031 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb4c3',
    500: '#a196aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a196aa;
$custom-light: #bcb4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a196aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68904,
    "c": 0.03142,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.32292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A196AA

secondary

#CED2CA

accent

#95516F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A196AA

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

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