#A196CB#A196CB

#A196CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.077 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A196CB
RGB	rgb(161, 150, 203)
HSL	hsl(252, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(252, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 15.08, -25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 29.85, 300.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0313 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.077 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3813, 33.7012, 61.0766)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A196CB #C0CB96

analogous

#96A6CB #A196CB #BC96CB

triadic

#A196CB #CBA196 #96CBA1

tetradic

#A196CB #CB96A6 #C0CB96 #96CBBC

square

#A196CB #CB96A6 #C0CB96 #96CBBC

split-complementary

#A196CB #CBBC96 #A6CB96

monochromatic

#5D4C9A #7C6DB7 #A196CB #C6BFDF #EAE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A196CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A196CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A196CB

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A196CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A196CB	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a196cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 150, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.077 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb4db',
    500: '#a196cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a196cb;
$custom-light: #bdb4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a196cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.453,
    "s": 33.758,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70167,
    "c": 0.0774,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A196CB

secondary

#E3E6D7

accent

#AD3995

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A196CB

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

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