#A696BE#A696BE

#A696BE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.060 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A696BE
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(264, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(264, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, 13.78, -18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 23.10, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.0329 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.06 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9247, 33.6374, 53.3053)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A696BE #AEBE96

analogous

#969ABE #A696BE #BA96BE

triadic

#A696BE #BEA696 #96BEA6

tetradic

#A696BE #BE969A #AEBE96 #96BEBA

square

#A696BE #BE969A #AEBE96 #96BEBA

split-complementary

#A696BE #BEBA96 #9ABE96

monochromatic

#685386 #8670A7 #A696BE #C6BCD5 #E6E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A696BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#A696BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A696BE

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A696BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A696BE	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a696be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.060 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4d1',
    500: '#a696be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a696be;
$custom-light: #c0b4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a696be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70073,
    "c": 0.06016,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A696BE

secondary

#D9DED1

accent

#A2447C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A696BE

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

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