#A696AA#A696AA

#A696AA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.034 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A696AA
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 170)
HSL	hsl(288, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(288, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, 9.64, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 12.71, 319.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% 0.0259 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.034 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8868, 32.8223, 42.5726)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A696AA #9AAA96

analogous

#9C96AA #A696AA #AA96A4

triadic

#A696AA #AAA696 #96AAA6

tetradic

#A696AA #AA9C96 #9AAA96 #96A4AA

square

#A696AA #AA9C96 #9AAA96 #96A4AA

split-complementary

#A696AA #A4AA96 #96AA9C

monochromatic

#69586D #89748F #A696AA #C3B8C5 #DFDAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A696AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A696AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A696AA

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A696AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A696AA	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a696aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.034 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4c3',
    500: '#a696aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a696aa;
$custom-light: #c0b4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a696aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69346,
    "c": 0.03405,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A696AA

secondary

#CCD2CA

accent

#95515E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A696AA

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

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