#A896BF#A896BF

#A896BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.062 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896BF
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 191)
HSL	hsl(266, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 21.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 14.66, -18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 23.81, 308.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% 0.0355 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.062 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4570, 33.8992, 53.9027)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896BF #ADBF96

analogous

#9699BF #A896BF #BC96BF

triadic

#A896BF #BFA896 #96BFA8

tetradic

#A896BF #BF9699 #ADBF96 #96BFBC

square

#A896BF #BF9699 #ADBF96 #96BFBC

split-complementary

#A896BF #BFBC96 #99BF96

monochromatic

#6A5388 #8870A8 #A896BF #C8BCD6 #E7E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A896BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A896BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896BF

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896BF	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.062 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5d2',
    500: '#a896bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896bf;
$custom-light: #c2b5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.341,
    "s": 24.26,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70288,
    "c": 0.06212,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896BF

secondary

#D9DFD2

accent

#A34379

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896BF

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

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