#A696EF#A696EF

#A696EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.128 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A696EF
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 239)
HSL	hsl(251, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 37.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 25.28, -42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 49.61, 300.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.046 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.128 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2082, 36.1508, 86.3986)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A696EF #DFEF96

analogous

#96B3EF #A696EF #D396EF

triadic

#A696EF #EFA696 #96EFA6

tetradic

#A696EF #EF96B3 #DFEF96 #96EFD3

square

#A696EF #EF96B3 #DFEF96 #96EFD3

split-complementary

#A696EF #EFD396 #B3EF96

monochromatic

#4C2CDF #7961E7 #A696EF #D3CBF7 #E8E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A696EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A696EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A696EF

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A696EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A696EF	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a696ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.128 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5f4',
    500: '#a696ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a696ef;
$custom-light: #c2b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a696ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.787,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72226,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A696EF

secondary

#EEF3D8

accent

#D610B2

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A696EF

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

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