#A196CD#A196CD

#A196CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.080 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A196CD
RGB	rgb(161, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(252, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(252, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 15.55, -26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 30.95, 300.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0319 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.08 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6212, 33.7972, 62.3399)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A196CD #C2CD96

analogous

#96A7CD #A196CD #BD96CD

triadic

#A196CD #CDA196 #96CDA1

tetradic

#A196CD #CD96A7 #C2CD96 #96CDBD

square

#A196CD #CD96A7 #C2CD96 #96CDBD

split-complementary

#A196CD #CDBD96 #A7CD96

monochromatic

#5C4B9E #7C6DB9 #A196CD #C6BFE1 #EBE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A196CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#A196CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A196CD

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A196CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A196CD	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a196cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.080 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb4dc',
    500: '#a196cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a196cd;
$custom-light: #bdb4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a196cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70251,
    "c": 0.08023,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A196CD

secondary

#E4E7D8

accent

#AE3797

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A196CD

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

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