#A696A4#A696A4

#A696A4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.027 H 329.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A696A4
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 164)
HSL	hsl(308, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(308, 10%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 1.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, 8.48, -5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 9.93, 328.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% 0.0236 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.027 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3322, 32.6004, 39.6513)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A696A4 #96A698

analogous

#A096A6 #A696A4 #A6969C

triadic

#A696A4 #A4A696 #96A4A6

tetradic

#A696A4 #A6A096 #96A698 #969CA6

square

#A696A4 #A6A096 #96A698 #969CA6

split-complementary

#A696A4 #9CA696 #96A6A0

monochromatic

#695967 #8A7587 #A696A4 #C2B7C1 #DED8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A696A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#A696A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A696A4

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A696A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A696A4	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9699A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a696a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.027 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4bf',
    500: '#a696a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a696a4;
$custom-light: #c0b4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a696a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 8.247,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69146,
    "c": 0.02731,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A696A4

secondary

#C9CFCA

accent

#925B53

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A696A4

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

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