#A696CA#A696CA

#A696CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.077 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A696CA
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 202)
HSL	hsl(258, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(258, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 25.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, 16.43, -24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 29.57, 303.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0366 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.077 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2906, 34.1838, 60.4992)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A696CA #BACA96

analogous

#96A0CA #A696CA #C096CA

triadic

#A696CA #CAA696 #96CAA6

tetradic

#A696CA #CA96A0 #BACA96 #96CAC0

square

#A696CA #CA96A0 #BACA96 #96CAC0

split-complementary

#A696CA #CAC096 #A0CA96

monochromatic

#644D99 #846DB5 #A696CA #C8BFDF #EBE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A696CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#A696CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A696CA

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A696CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A696CA	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a696ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.077 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5da',
    500: '#a696ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a696ca;
$custom-light: #c1b5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a696ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 32.911,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70553,
    "c": 0.07669,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A696CA

secondary

#E1E6D6

accent

#AC3A89

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A696CA

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

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