#A896BB#A896BB

#A896BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.057 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896BB
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(269, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(269, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 13.80, -16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 21.69, 309.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0341 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.057 307)
XYZ	xyz(36.0228, 33.7255, 51.6160)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896BB #A9BB96

analogous

#9696BB #A896BB #BA96BB

triadic

#A896BB #BBA896 #96BBA8

tetradic

#A896BB #BB9696 #A9BB96 #96BBBA

square

#A896BB #BB9696 #A9BB96 #96BBBA

split-complementary

#A896BB #BBBA96 #96BB96

monochromatic

#6B5482 #8971A3 #A896BB #C7BBD3 #E6E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A896BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A896BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896BB

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896BB	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.057 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5cf',
    500: '#a896bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896bb;
$custom-light: #c2b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.189,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70135,
    "c": 0.05676,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.33725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896BB

secondary

#D7DCD0

accent

#A04674

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896BB

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

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