#A196AB#A196AB

#A196AB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.033 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A196AB
RGB	rgb(161, 150, 171)
HSL	hsl(271, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, 8.09, -9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 12.47, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% 0.0206 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.033 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9537, 32.3302, 43.0245)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A196AB #A0AB96

analogous

#9696AB #A196AB #AB96AA

triadic

#A196AB #ABA196 #96ABA1

tetradic

#A196AB #AB9696 #A0AB96 #96AAAB

square

#A196AB #AB9696 #A0AB96 #96AAAB

split-complementary

#A196AB #AAAB96 #96AB96

monochromatic

#64586E #837490 #A196AB #BFB8C6 #DEDAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A196AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A196AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A196AB

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A196AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A196AB	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a196ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 150, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.033 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb4c4',
    500: '#a196ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a196ab;
$custom-light: #bcb4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a196ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68939,
    "c": 0.03274,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A196AB

secondary

#CED2CB

accent

#955071

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A196AB

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

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