#A896BE#A896BE

#A896BE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.061 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896BE
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(267, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(267, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, 14.44, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 23.28, 308.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0351 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.061 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3473, 33.8553, 53.3251)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896BE #ACBE96

analogous

#9698BE #A896BE #BC96BE

triadic

#A896BE #BEA896 #96BEA8

tetradic

#A896BE #BE9698 #ACBE96 #96BEBC

square

#A896BE #BE9698 #ACBE96 #96BEBC

split-complementary

#A896BE #BEBC96 #98BE96

monochromatic

#6A5386 #8970A7 #A896BE #C7BCD5 #E7E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A896BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#A896BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896BE

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896BE	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.061 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5d1',
    500: '#a896be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896be;
$custom-light: #c2b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7025,
    "c": 0.06078,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896BE

secondary

#D9DED1

accent

#A24477

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896BE

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

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