#A696AE#A696AE

#A696AE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.039 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A696AE
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(280, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 10.44, -10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 14.70, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% 0.0273 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.039 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2710, 32.9759, 44.5958)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A696AE #9EAE96

analogous

#9A96AE #A696AE #AE96AA

triadic

#A696AE #AEA696 #96AEA6

tetradic

#A696AE #AE9A96 #9EAE96 #96AAAE

square

#A696AE #AE9A96 #9EAE96 #96AAAE

split-complementary

#A696AE #AAAE96 #96AE9A

monochromatic

#695872 #897393 #A696AE #C3B9C9 #E1DBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A696AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A696AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A696AE

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A696AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A696AE	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a696ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.039 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4c6',
    500: '#a696ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a696ae;
$custom-light: #c0b4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a696ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69484,
    "c": 0.03897,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A696AE

secondary

#CED4CC

accent

#974E67

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A696AE

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

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