#A296CD#A296CD

#A296CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.080 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A296CD
RGB	rgb(162, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(253, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(253, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 15.86, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 30.99, 300.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% 0.033 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.08 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8236, 33.9015, 62.3494)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A296CD #C1CD96

analogous

#96A6CD #A296CD #BE96CD

triadic

#A296CD #CDA296 #96CDA2

tetradic

#A296CD #CD96A6 #C1CD96 #96CDBE

square

#A296CD #CD96A6 #C1CD96 #96CDBE

split-complementary

#A296CD #CDBE96 #A6CD96

monochromatic

#5D4B9E #7D6DB9 #A296CD #C7BFE1 #EBE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A296CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A296CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A296CD

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A296CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A296CD	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a296cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.080 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb4dc',
    500: '#a296cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a296cd;
$custom-light: #beb4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a296cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.091,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70336,
    "c": 0.08032,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A296CD

secondary

#E4E7D8

accent

#AE3794

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A296CD

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

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