#A696A8#A696A8

#A696A8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.032 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A696A8
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 168)
HSL	hsl(293, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(293, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 10.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, 9.25, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 11.75, 321.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% 0.0251 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.032 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6991, 32.7472, 41.5837)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A696A8 #98A896

analogous

#9D96A8 #A696A8 #A896A1

triadic

#A696A8 #A8A696 #96A8A6

tetradic

#A696A8 #A89D96 #98A896 #96A1A8

square

#A696A8 #A89D96 #98A896 #96A1A8

split-complementary

#A696A8 #A1A896 #96A89D

monochromatic

#69596B #8A758C #A696A8 #C2B7C4 #DFD9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A696A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#A696A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A696A8

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A696A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A696A8	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a696a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.032 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4c1',
    500: '#a696a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a696a8;
$custom-light: #c0b4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a696a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 9.375,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69278,
    "c": 0.0317,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A696A8

secondary

#CAD0CA

accent

#935259

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A696A8

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

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