#A696DC#A696DC

#A696DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.102 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A696DC
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 220)
HSL	hsl(254, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(254, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 31.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 20.62, -33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 39.33, 301.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0416 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.102 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5474, 35.0865, 72.3851)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A696DC #CCDC96

analogous

#96A9DC #A696DC #C996DC

triadic

#A696DC #DCA696 #96DCA6

tetradic

#A696DC #DC96A9 #CCDC96 #96DCC9

square

#A696DC #DC96A9 #CCDC96 #96DCC9

split-complementary

#A696DC #DCC996 #A9DC96

monochromatic

#5A3EBA #7F68CD #A696DC #CDC4EB #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A696DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A696DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A696DC

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A696DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A696DC	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a696dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.102 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5e7',
    500: '#a696dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a696dc;
$custom-light: #c1b5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a696dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.714,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71331,
    "c": 0.10165,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A696DC

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BD289B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A696DC

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

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