#A896B2#A896B2

#A896B2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.045 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896B2
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(279, 15%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 16%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, 11.94, -12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 17.02, 314.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% 0.0311 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.045 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0894, 33.3522, 46.6999)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896B2 #A0B296

analogous

#9A96B2 #A896B2 #B296AE

triadic

#A896B2 #B2A896 #96B2A8

tetradic

#A896B2 #B29A96 #A0B296 #96AEB2

square

#A896B2 #B29A96 #A0B296 #96AEB2

split-complementary

#A896B2 #AEB296 #96B29A

monochromatic

#6B5777 #8B7398 #A896B2 #C5B9CC #E3DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A896B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#A896B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896B2

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896B2	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.045 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b4c9',
    500: '#a896b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896b2;
$custom-light: #c2b4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69805,
    "c": 0.04504,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896B2

secondary

#D1D7CD

accent

#9A4C68

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896B2

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

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