#A396E2#A396E2

#A396E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.110 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A396E2
RGB	rgb(163, 150, 226)
HSL	hsl(250, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(250, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 33.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 21.20, -36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 42.49, 299.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0397 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.11 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7347, 35.0895, 76.6163)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A396E2 #D5E296

analogous

#96AFE2 #A396E2 #C996E2

triadic

#A396E2 #E2A396 #96E2A3

tetradic

#A396E2 #E296AF #D5E296 #96E2C9

square

#A396E2 #E296AF #D5E296 #96E2C9

split-complementary

#A396E2 #E2C996 #AFE296

monochromatic

#4F37C7 #7966D5 #A396E2 #CDC6EF #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A396E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A396E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A396E2

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A396E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A396E2	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a396e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 150, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.110 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5eb',
    500: '#a396e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a396e2;
$custom-light: #c0b5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a396e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.263,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71354,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A396E2

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C421A8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A396E2

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

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