#A696CB#A696CB

#A696CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.078 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A696CB
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 203)
HSL	hsl(258, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(258, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 16.66, -25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 30.11, 303.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% 0.0369 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.078 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4094, 34.2313, 61.1248)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A696CB #BBCB96

analogous

#96A1CB #A696CB #C196CB

triadic

#A696CB #CBA696 #96CBA6

tetradic

#A696CB #CB96A1 #BBCB96 #96CBC1

square

#A696CB #CB96A1 #BBCB96 #96CBC1

split-complementary

#A696CB #CBC196 #A1CB96

monochromatic

#644C9A #836DB7 #A696CB #C9BFDF #EBE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A696CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A696CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A696CB

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A696CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A696CB	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a696cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.078 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5db',
    500: '#a696cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a696cb;
$custom-light: #c1b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a696cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.113,
    "s": 33.758,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70594,
    "c": 0.07807,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A696CB

secondary

#E1E6D7

accent

#AD398A

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A696CB

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

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