#A496CF#A496CF

#A496CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.083 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A496CF
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 207)
HSL	hsl(255, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(255, 28%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 27.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 16.95, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 32.18, 301.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% 0.0358 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.083 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4761, 34.2099, 63.6482)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A496CF #C1CF96

analogous

#96A4CF #A496CF #C196CF

triadic

#A496CF #CFA496 #96CFA4

tetradic

#A496CF #CF96A4 #C1CF96 #96CFC1

square

#A496CF #CF96A4 #C1CF96 #96CFC1

split-complementary

#A496CF #CFC196 #A4CF96

monochromatic

#5F4AA1 #806CBC #A496CF #C8C0E2 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A496CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#A496CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A496CF

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A496CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A496CF	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a496cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.083 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4dd',
    500: '#a496cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a496cf;
$custom-light: #bfb4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a496cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.737,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7059,
    "c": 0.08334,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A496CF

secondary

#E4E8D8

accent

#B03592

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A496CF

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

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