#A696DA#A696DA

#A696DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.099 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A696DA
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 218)
HSL	hsl(254, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(254, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 31.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 20.14, -32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 38.25, 301.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% 0.0411 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.099 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2842, 34.9812, 70.9985)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A696DA #CADA96

analogous

#96A8DA #A696DA #C896DA

triadic

#A696DA #DAA696 #96DAA6

tetradic

#A696DA #DA96A8 #CADA96 #96DAC8

square

#A696DA #DA96A8 #CADA96 #96DAC8

split-complementary

#A696DA #DAC896 #A8DA96

monochromatic

#5C40B6 #8069CA #A696DA #CCC3EA #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A696DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A696DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A696DA

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A696DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A696DA	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a696da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.099 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5e5',
    500: '#a696da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a696da;
$custom-light: #c1b5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a696da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 47.887,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71241,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A696DA

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BB2A99

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A696DA

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

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