#A496CA#A496CA

#A496CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.076 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A496CA
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 202)
HSL	hsl(256, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(256, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 25.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 15.80, -24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 29.45, 302.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0344 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.076 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8745, 33.9692, 60.4797)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A496CA #BCCA96

analogous

#96A2CA #A496CA #BE96CA

triadic

#A496CA #CAA496 #96CAA4

tetradic

#A496CA #CA96A2 #BCCA96 #96CABE

square

#A496CA #CA96A2 #BCCA96 #96CABE

split-complementary

#A496CA #CABE96 #A2CA96

monochromatic

#614D99 #816DB5 #A496CA #C7BFDF #EAE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A496CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A496CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A496CA

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A496CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A496CA	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#8B9ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a496ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.076 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4da',
    500: '#a496ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a496ca;
$custom-light: #bfb4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a496ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 32.911,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7038,
    "c": 0.07636,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A496CA

secondary

#E1E6D6

accent

#AC3A8D

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A496CA

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

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