#A496CD#A496CD

#A496CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.081 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A496CD
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(255, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(255, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 16.49, -26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 31.09, 302.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0352 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.081 296)
XYZ	xyz(37.2332, 34.1127, 62.3686)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A496CD #BFCD96

analogous

#96A4CD #A496CD #C096CD

triadic

#A496CD #CDA496 #96CDA4

tetradic

#A496CD #CD96A4 #BFCD96 #96CDC0

square

#A496CD #CD96A4 #BFCD96 #96CDC0

split-complementary

#A496CD #CDC096 #A4CD96

monochromatic

#604B9E #806DB9 #A496CD #C8BFE1 #ECE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A496CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A496CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A496CD

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A496CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A496CD	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a496cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.081 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4dc',
    500: '#a496cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a496cd;
$custom-light: #bfb4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a496cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.273,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70506,
    "c": 0.08055,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.34113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A496CD

secondary

#E3E7D8

accent

#AE3790

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A496CD

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

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