#A696BC#A696BC

#A696BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.057 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A696BC
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(265, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(265, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, 13.35, -17.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 22.03, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.0322 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.057 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7076, 33.5506, 52.1620)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A696BC #ACBC96

analogous

#9699BC #A696BC #B996BC

triadic

#A696BC #BCA696 #96BCA6

tetradic

#A696BC #BC9699 #ACBC96 #96BCB9

square

#A696BC #BC9699 #ACBC96 #96BCB9

split-complementary

#A696BC #BCB996 #99BC96

monochromatic

#685484 #8671A4 #A696BC #C6BBD4 #E5E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A696BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#A696BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A696BC

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A696BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A696BC	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a696bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.057 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4d0',
    500: '#a696bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a696bc;
$custom-light: #c0b4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a696bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69997,
    "c": 0.05744,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A696BC

secondary

#D8DDD1

accent

#A1457A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A696BC

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

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