#A896BC#A896BC

#A896BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.058 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896BC
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(268, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(268, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 14.02, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 22.22, 309.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0345 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.058 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1302, 33.7685, 52.1818)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896BC #AABC96

analogous

#9697BC #A896BC #BB96BC

triadic

#A896BC #BCA896 #96BCA8

tetradic

#A896BC #BC9697 #AABC96 #96BCBB

square

#A896BC #BC9697 #AABC96 #96BCBB

split-complementary

#A896BC #BCBB96 #97BC96

monochromatic

#6B5484 #8971A4 #A896BC #C7BBD4 #E6E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A896BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A896BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896BC

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896BC	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.058 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5d0',
    500: '#a896bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896bc;
$custom-light: #c2b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70173,
    "c": 0.0581,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896BC

secondary

#D7DDD1

accent

#A14575

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896BC

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

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