#A196AE#A196AE

#A196AE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.037 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A196AE
RGB	rgb(161, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(268, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(268, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, 8.71, -11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 14.06, 308.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% 0.0217 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.037 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2429, 32.4458, 44.5476)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A196AE #A3AE96

analogous

#9697AE #A196AE #AD96AE

triadic

#A196AE #AEA196 #96AEA1

tetradic

#A196AE #AE9697 #A3AE96 #96AEAD

square

#A196AE #AE9697 #A3AE96 #96AEAD

split-complementary

#A196AE #AEAD96 #97AE96

monochromatic

#645872 #827393 #A196AE #C0B9C9 #DFDBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A196AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#A196AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A196AE

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A196AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A196AE	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a196ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.037 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb4c6',
    500: '#a196ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a196ae;
$custom-light: #bcb4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a196ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69044,
    "c": 0.03677,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A196AE

secondary

#D0D4CC

accent

#974E76

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A196AE

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

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