#A896B6#A896B6

#A896B6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.050 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896B6
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 182)
HSL	hsl(274, 18%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(274, 18%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 12.76, -14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 19.08, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.0325 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.05 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4968, 33.5151, 48.8460)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896B6 #A4B696

analogous

#9896B6 #A896B6 #B696B4

triadic

#A896B6 #B6A896 #96B6A8

tetradic

#A896B6 #B69896 #A4B696 #96B4B6

square

#A896B6 #B69896 #A4B696 #96B4B6

split-complementary

#A896B6 #B4B696 #96B698

monochromatic

#6B567C #8A729D #A896B6 #C6BACF #E4DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A896B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#A896B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896B6

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896B6	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.050 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b4cc',
    500: '#a896b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896b6;
$custom-light: #c2b4cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 17.978,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69949,
    "c": 0.05018,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896B6

secondary

#D3D9CE

accent

#9C496E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896B6

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

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