#A696DB#A696DB

#A696DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.100 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A696DB
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 219)
HSL	hsl(254, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(254, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 31.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 20.38, -33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 38.79, 301.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0414 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.1 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4154, 35.0337, 71.6897)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A696DB #CBDB96

analogous

#96A9DB #A696DB #C996DB

triadic

#A696DB #DBA696 #96DBA6

tetradic

#A696DB #DB96A9 #CBDB96 #96DBC9

square

#A696DB #DB96A9 #CBDB96 #96DBC9

split-complementary

#A696DB #DBC996 #A9DB96

monochromatic

#5B3FB8 #7F68CB #A696DB #CDC4EB #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A696DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A696DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A696DB

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A696DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A696DB	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a696db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.100 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5e6',
    500: '#a696db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a696db;
$custom-light: #c1b5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a696db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.913,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71285,
    "c": 0.10027,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A696DB

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BC299A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A696DB

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

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