#A696CD#A696CD

#A696CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.081 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A696CD
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(257, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 17.11, -26.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 31.19, 303.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% 0.0375 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.081 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6493, 34.3273, 62.3881)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A696CD #BDCD96

analogous

#96A2CD #A696CD #C296CD

triadic

#A696CD #CDA696 #96CDA6

tetradic

#A696CD #CD96A2 #BDCD96 #96CDC2

square

#A696CD #CD96A2 #BDCD96 #96CDC2

split-complementary

#A696CD #CDC296 #A2CD96

monochromatic

#634B9E #836DB9 #A696CD #C9BFE1 #ECE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A696CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#A696CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A696CD

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A696CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A696CD	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a696cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.081 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5dc',
    500: '#a696cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a696cd;
$custom-light: #c1b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a696cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.455,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70677,
    "c": 0.08085,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A696CD

secondary

#E3E7D8

accent

#AE378C

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A696CD

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

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