#A396DD#A396DD

#A396DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.103 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A396DD
RGB	rgb(163, 150, 221)
HSL	hsl(251, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(251, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 32.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 19.97, -34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 39.77, 300.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% 0.0385 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.103 292)
XYZ	xyz(39.0586, 34.8191, 73.0555)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A396DD #D0DD96

analogous

#96ACDD #A396DD #C696DD

triadic

#A396DD #DDA396 #96DDA3

tetradic

#A396DD #DD96AC #D0DD96 #96DDC6

square

#A396DD #DD96AC #D0DD96 #96DDC6

split-complementary

#A396DD #DDC696 #ACDD96

monochromatic

#543DBC #7A68CE #A396DD #CCC4EC #EBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A396DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A396DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A396DD

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A396DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A396DD	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a396dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 150, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.103 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb5e8',
    500: '#a396dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a396dd;
$custom-light: #bfb5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a396dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.986,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71123,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.3482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A396DD

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#BE27A3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A396DD

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

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