#A896CA#A896CA

#A896CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.077 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896CA
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 202)
HSL	hsl(261, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(261, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 25.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, 17.07, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 29.70, 305.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% 0.0389 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.077 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7133, 34.4017, 60.5190)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896CA #B8CA96

analogous

#969ECA #A896CA #C296CA

triadic

#A896CA #CAA896 #96CAA8

tetradic

#A896CA #CA969E #B8CA96 #96CAC2

square

#A896CA #CA969E #B8CA96 #96CAC2

split-complementary

#A896CA #CAC296 #9ECA96

monochromatic

#674D99 #866DB5 #A896CA #CABFDF #EBE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A896CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A896CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896CA

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896CA	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.077 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5da',
    500: '#a896ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896ca;
$custom-light: #c2b5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 32.911,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70727,
    "c": 0.07709,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896CA

secondary

#E0E6D6

accent

#AC3A84

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896CA

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

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