#A396CC#A396CC

#A396CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.079 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A396CC
RGB	rgb(163, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(254, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(254, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 15.94, -25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 30.49, 301.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0338 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.079 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9072, 33.9586, 61.7253)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A396CC #BFCC96

analogous

#96A4CC #A396CC #BE96CC

triadic

#A396CC #CCA396 #96CCA3

tetradic

#A396CC #CC96A4 #BFCC96 #96CCBE

square

#A396CC #CC96A4 #BFCC96 #96CCBE

split-complementary

#A396CC #CCBE96 #A4CC96

monochromatic

#5F4C9C #7F6DB8 #A396CC #C7BFE0 #EBE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A396CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A396CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A396CC

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A396CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A396CC	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a396cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.079 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4db',
    500: '#a396cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a396cc;
$custom-light: #bfb4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a396cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.444,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70378,
    "c": 0.07902,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A396CC

secondary

#E3E7D7

accent

#AD3891

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A396CC

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

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