#A696EA#A696EA

#A696EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.121 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A696EA
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 234)
HSL	hsl(251, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(251, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 35.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, 24.03, -40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 46.91, 300.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% 0.0449 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.121 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4798, 35.8595, 82.5621)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A696EA #DAEA96

analogous

#96B0EA #A696EA #D096EA

triadic

#A696EA #EAA696 #96EAA6

tetradic

#A696EA #EA96B0 #DAEA96 #96EAD0

square

#A696EA #EA96B0 #DAEA96 #96EAD0

split-complementary

#A696EA #EAD096 #B0EA96

monochromatic

#5030D6 #7B63E0 #A696EA #D1C9F4 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A696EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A696EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A696EA

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A696EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A696EA	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a696ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.121 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5f1',
    500: '#a696ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a696ea;
$custom-light: #c2b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a696ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71983,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A696EA

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CF17AC

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A696EA

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

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