#A396AB#A396AB

#A396AB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.034 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A396AB
RGB	rgb(163, 150, 171)
HSL	hsl(277, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, 8.79, -9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 12.74, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% 0.0228 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.034 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3601, 32.5397, 43.0435)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A396AB #9EAB96

analogous

#9896AB #A396AB #AB96A8

triadic

#A396AB #ABA396 #96ABA3

tetradic

#A396AB #AB9896 #9EAB96 #96A8AB

square

#A396AB #AB9896 #9EAB96 #96A8AB

split-complementary

#A396AB #A8AB96 #96AB98

monochromatic

#66586E #857490 #A396AB #C1B8C6 #DFDAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A396AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A396AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A396AB

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A396AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A396AB	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a396ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 150, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.034 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb4c4',
    500: '#a396ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a396ab;
$custom-light: #beb4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a396ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69114,
    "c": 0.03365,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A396AB

secondary

#CDD2CB

accent

#95506B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A396AB

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

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