#A296B4#A296B4

#A296B4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.045 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A296B4
RGB	rgb(162, 150, 180)
HSL	hsl(264, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(264, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, 10.30, -13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 17.37, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% 0.0249 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.045 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0433, 32.7894, 47.7067)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A296B4 #A8B496

analogous

#9699B4 #A296B4 #B196B4

triadic

#A296B4 #B4A296 #96B4A2

tetradic

#A296B4 #B49699 #A8B496 #96B4B1

square

#A296B4 #B49699 #A8B496 #96B4B1

split-complementary

#A296B4 #B4B196 #99B496

monochromatic

#645679 #82729B #A296B4 #C2BACE #E1DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A296B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A296B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A296B4

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A296B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A296B4	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a296b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.045 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb4ca',
    500: '#a296b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a296b4;
$custom-light: #bdb4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a296b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69348,
    "c": 0.04529,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A296B4

secondary

#D4D8CE

accent

#9B4B7B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A296B4

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

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