#A696EE#A696EE

#A696EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.126 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A696EE
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 238)
HSL	hsl(251, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 37%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 25.03, -42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 49.07, 300.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% 0.0458 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.126 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0609, 36.0919, 85.6228)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A696EE #DEEE96

analogous

#96B2EE #A696EE #D296EE

triadic

#A696EE #EEA696 #96EEA6

tetradic

#A696EE #EE96B2 #DEEE96 #96EED2

square

#A696EE #EE96B2 #DEEE96 #96EED2

split-complementary

#A696EE #EED296 #B2EE96

monochromatic

#4D2DDD #7961E5 #A696EE #D3CBF7 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A696EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A696EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A696EE

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A696EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A696EE	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a696ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.126 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5f4',
    500: '#a696ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a696ee;
$custom-light: #c2b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a696ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72177,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A696EE

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#D411B1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A696EE

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

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