#A696B0#A696B0

#A696B0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.042 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A696B0
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 176)
HSL	hsl(277, 14%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 15%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 14.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, 10.84, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 15.72, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.0281 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.042 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4674, 33.0545, 45.6303)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A696B0 #A0B096

analogous

#9996B0 #A696B0 #B096AD

triadic

#A696B0 #B0A696 #96B0A6

tetradic

#A696B0 #B09996 #A0B096 #96ADB0

square

#A696B0 #B09996 #A0B096 #96ADB0

split-complementary

#A696B0 #ADB096 #96B099

monochromatic

#695774 #887396 #A696B0 #C4B9CA #E1DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A696B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#A696B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A696B0

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A696B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A696B0	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a696b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.042 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4c7',
    500: '#a696b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a696b0;
$custom-light: #c0b4c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a696b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 14.13,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69555,
    "c": 0.04151,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A696B0

secondary

#D0D5CC

accent

#984D6A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A696B0

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

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