#A896B0#A896B0

#A896B0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.043 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896B0
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 176)
HSL	hsl(282, 14%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(282, 15%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, 11.54, -11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 16.01, 316.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.0303 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.043 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8900, 33.2724, 45.6501)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896B0 #9EB096

analogous

#9B96B0 #A896B0 #B096AB

triadic

#A896B0 #B0A896 #96B0A8

tetradic

#A896B0 #B09B96 #9EB096 #96ABB0

square

#A896B0 #B09B96 #9EB096 #96ABB0

split-complementary

#A896B0 #ABB096 #96B09B

monochromatic

#6B5774 #8B7396 #A896B0 #C5B9CA #E2DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A896B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#A896B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896B0

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896B0	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.043 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b4c7',
    500: '#a896b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896b0;
$custom-light: #c2b4c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 14.13,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69734,
    "c": 0.04253,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896B0

secondary

#CFD5CC

accent

#984D64

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896B0

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

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