#A696BB#A696BB

#A696BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.056 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A696BB
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(266, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(266, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, 13.14, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 21.49, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% 0.0319 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.056 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6002, 33.5076, 51.5962)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A696BB #ABBB96

analogous

#9698BB #A696BB #B896BB

triadic

#A696BB #BBA696 #96BBA6

tetradic

#A696BB #BB9698 #ABBB96 #96BBB8

square

#A696BB #BB9698 #ABBB96 #96BBB8

split-complementary

#A696BB #BBB896 #98BB96

monochromatic

#685482 #8771A3 #A696BB #C5BBD3 #E5E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A696BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#A696BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A696BB

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A696BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A696BB	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a696bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.056 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4cf',
    500: '#a696bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a696bb;
$custom-light: #c0b4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a696bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.946,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69959,
    "c": 0.05608,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A696BB

secondary

#D7DCD0

accent

#A04679

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A696BB

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

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