#A496DB#A496DB

#A496DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.100 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A496DB
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 219)
HSL	hsl(252, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(252, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 31.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 19.79, -33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 38.71, 300.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% 0.0391 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.1 293)
XYZ	xyz(38.9993, 34.8192, 71.6702)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A496DB #CDDB96

analogous

#96ABDB #A496DB #C796DB

triadic

#A496DB #DBA496 #96DBA4

tetradic

#A496DB #DB96AB #CDDB96 #96DBC7

square

#A496DB #DB96AB #CDDB96 #96DBC7

split-complementary

#A496DB #DBC796 #ABDB96

monochromatic

#573FB8 #7D68CB #A496DB #CBC4EB #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A496DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A496DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A496DB

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A496DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A496DB	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)

#84A0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a496db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.100 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5e6',
    500: '#a496db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a496db;
$custom-light: #c0b5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a496db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.174,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71116,
    "c": 0.10011,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.3482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A496DB

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BC299E

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A496DB

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

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