#A196BF#A196BF

#A196BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.060 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A196BF
RGB	rgb(161, 150, 191)
HSL	hsl(256, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(256, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 21.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, 12.36, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 23.28, 302.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% 0.0275 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.06 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0063, 33.1512, 53.8347)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A196BF #B4BF96

analogous

#96A0BF #A196BF #B696BF

triadic

#A196BF #BFA196 #96BFA1

tetradic

#A196BF #BF96A0 #B4BF96 #96BFB6

square

#A196BF #BF96A0 #B4BF96 #96BFB6

split-complementary

#A196BF #BFB696 #A0BF96

monochromatic

#615388 #7F70A8 #A196BF #C3BCD6 #E5E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A196BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#A196BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A196BF

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A196BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A196BF	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a196bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 150, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.060 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb4d2',
    500: '#a196bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a196bf;
$custom-light: #bdb4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a196bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.098,
    "s": 24.26,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69679,
    "c": 0.06043,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A196BF

secondary

#DBDFD2

accent

#A34389

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A196BF

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

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