#A196BB#A196BB

#A196BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.055 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A196BB
RGB	rgb(161, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(258, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(258, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 11.47, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 21.09, 302.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% 0.0262 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.055 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5721, 32.9775, 51.5480)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A196BB #B0BB96

analogous

#969DBB #A196BB #B396BB

triadic

#A196BB #BBA196 #96BBA1

tetradic

#A196BB #BB969D #B0BB96 #96BBB3

square

#A196BB #BB969D #B0BB96 #96BBB3

split-complementary

#A196BB #BBB396 #9DBB96

monochromatic

#625482 #8071A3 #A196BB #C2BBD3 #E4E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A196BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A196BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A196BB

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A196BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A196BB	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a196bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.055 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb4cf',
    500: '#a196bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a196bb;
$custom-light: #bdb4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a196bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.838,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69524,
    "c": 0.0548,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A196BB

secondary

#D9DCD0

accent

#A04685

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A196BB

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

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