#A896B4#A896B4

#A896B4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.048 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896B4
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 180)
HSL	hsl(276, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(276, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 12.35, -13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 18.04, 313.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.0318 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.048 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2916, 33.4331, 47.7652)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896B4 #A2B496

analogous

#9996B4 #A896B4 #B496B1

triadic

#A896B4 #B4A896 #96B4A8

tetradic

#A896B4 #B49996 #A2B496 #96B1B4

square

#A896B4 #B49996 #A2B496 #96B1B4

split-complementary

#A896B4 #B1B496 #96B499

monochromatic

#6B5679 #8A729B #A896B4 #C6BACE #E3DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A896B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#A896B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896B4

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896B4	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A799A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.048 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b4ca',
    500: '#a896b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896b4;
$custom-light: #c2b4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69877,
    "c": 0.04759,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896B4

secondary

#D2D8CE

accent

#9B4B6B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896B4

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

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