#A296AB#A296AB

#A296AB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.033 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A296AB
RGB	rgb(162, 150, 171)
HSL	hsl(274, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(274, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, 8.44, -9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 12.60, 312.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% 0.0217 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.033 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1561, 32.4345, 43.0340)
Luminance	0.3243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A296AB #9FAB96

analogous

#9796AB #A296AB #AB96A9

triadic

#A296AB #ABA296 #96ABA2

tetradic

#A296AB #AB9796 #9FAB96 #96A9AB

square

#A296AB #AB9796 #9FAB96 #96A9AB

split-complementary

#A296AB #A9AB96 #96AB97

monochromatic

#65586E #847490 #A296AB #C0B8C6 #DEDAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A296AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#A296AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A296AB

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A296AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A296AB	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a296ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 150, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.033 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb4c4',
    500: '#a296ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a296ab;
$custom-light: #bdb4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a296ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69026,
    "c": 0.03317,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A296AB

secondary

#CED2CB

accent

#95506E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A296AB

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

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