#A696AC#A696AC

#A696AC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.036 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A696AC
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 172)
HSL	hsl(284, 12%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(284, 13%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 10.04, -9.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 13.70, 317.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.0266 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.036 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0775, 32.8985, 43.5766)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A696AC #9CAC96

analogous

#9B96AC #A696AC #AC96A7

triadic

#A696AC #ACA696 #96ACA6

tetradic

#A696AC #AC9B96 #9CAC96 #96A7AC

square

#A696AC #AC9B96 #9CAC96 #96A7AC

split-complementary

#A696AC #A7AC96 #96AC9B

monochromatic

#69586F #897491 #A696AC #C3B8C7 #E0DAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A696AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#A696AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A696AC

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A696AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A696AC	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a696ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.036 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4c4',
    500: '#a696ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a696ac;
$custom-light: #c0b4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a696ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 11.702,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69415,
    "c": 0.03648,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A696AC

secondary

#CDD3CB

accent

#965063

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A696AC

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

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