#A196BC#A196BC

#A196BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.056 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A196BC
RGB	rgb(161, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(257, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(257, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, 11.69, -18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 21.64, 302.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.0265 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.056 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6795, 33.0205, 52.1138)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A196BC #B1BC96

analogous

#969EBC #A196BC #B496BC

triadic

#A196BC #BCA196 #96BCA1

tetradic

#A196BC #BC969E #B1BC96 #96BCB4

square

#A196BC #BC969E #B1BC96 #96BCB4

split-complementary

#A196BC #BCB496 #9EBC96

monochromatic

#625484 #8071A4 #A196BC #C2BBD4 #E4E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A196BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A196BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A196BC

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A196BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A196BC	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)

#8E9CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a196bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.056 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb4d0',
    500: '#a196bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a196bc;
$custom-light: #bdb4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a196bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69563,
    "c": 0.0562,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A196BC

secondary

#DADDD1

accent

#A14586

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A196BC

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

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