#A196CA#A196CA

#A196CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.076 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A196CA
RGB	rgb(161, 150, 202)
HSL	hsl(253, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(253, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 14.85, -25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 29.31, 300.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% 0.031 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.076 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2625, 33.6537, 60.4510)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A196CA #BFCA96

analogous

#96A5CA #A196CA #BB96CA

triadic

#A196CA #CAA196 #96CAA1

tetradic

#A196CA #CA96A5 #BFCA96 #96CABB

square

#A196CA #CA96A5 #BFCA96 #96CABB

split-complementary

#A196CA #CABB96 #A5CA96

monochromatic

#5D4D99 #7D6DB5 #A196CA #C5BFDF #EAE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A196CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#A196CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A196CA

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A196CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A196CA	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a196ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 150, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.076 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb4da',
    500: '#a196ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a196ca;
$custom-light: #bdb4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a196ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.692,
    "s": 32.911,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70125,
    "c": 0.07598,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A196CA

secondary

#E2E6D6

accent

#AC3A94

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A196CA

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

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