#A396CB#A396CB

#A396CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.078 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A396CB
RGB	rgb(163, 150, 203)
HSL	hsl(255, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(255, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, 15.71, -25.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 29.95, 301.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% 0.0335 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.078 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7877, 33.9107, 61.0956)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A396CB #BECB96

analogous

#96A4CB #A396CB #BE96CB

triadic

#A396CB #CBA396 #96CBA3

tetradic

#A396CB #CB96A4 #BECB96 #96CBBE

square

#A396CB #CB96A4 #BECB96 #96CBBE

split-complementary

#A396CB #CBBE96 #A4CB96

monochromatic

#5F4C9A #7F6DB7 #A396CB #C7BFDF #EBE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A396CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A396CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A396CB

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A396CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A396CB	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)

#8A9ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a396cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 150, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.078 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4db',
    500: '#a396cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a396cb;
$custom-light: #bfb4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a396cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.717,
    "s": 33.758,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70336,
    "c": 0.07762,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A396CB

secondary

#E2E6D7

accent

#AD3990

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A396CB

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

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