#A796C7#A796C7

#A796C7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.073 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A796C7
RGB	rgb(167, 150, 199)
HSL	hsl(261, 30%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 24.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 16.08, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 28.01, 305.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0369 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.073 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1494, 34.1516, 58.6566)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A796C7 #B6C796

analogous

#969DC7 #A796C7 #BF96C7

triadic

#A796C7 #C7A796 #96C7A7

tetradic

#A796C7 #C7969D #B6C796 #96C7BF

square

#A796C7 #C7969D #B6C796 #96C7BF

split-complementary

#A796C7 #C7BF96 #9DC796

monochromatic

#674F94 #866EB2 #A796C7 #C8BEDC #EAE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A796C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#A796C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A796C7

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A796C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A796C7	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a796c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 150, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.073 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5d8',
    500: '#a796c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a796c7;
$custom-light: #c1b5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a796c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.816,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70517,
    "c": 0.07275,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A796C7

secondary

#DFE4D5

accent

#A93C83

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A796C7

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

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