#A896CB#A896CB

#A896CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.078 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896CB
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 203)
HSL	hsl(260, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, 17.29, -24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 30.23, 304.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.0392 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.078 300)
XYZ	xyz(37.8320, 34.4492, 61.1446)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896CB #B9CB96

analogous

#969FCB #A896CB #C396CB

triadic

#A896CB #CBA896 #96CBA8

tetradic

#A896CB #CB969F #B9CB96 #96CBC3

square

#A896CB #CB969F #B9CB96 #96CBC3

split-complementary

#A896CB #CBC396 #9FCB96

monochromatic

#674C9A #866DB7 #A896CB #CABFDF #ECE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A896CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#A896CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896CB

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896CB	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.078 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5db',
    500: '#a896cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896cb;
$custom-light: #c2b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.377,
    "s": 33.758,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70768,
    "c": 0.07847,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.34449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896CB

secondary

#E1E6D7

accent

#AD3985

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896CB

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

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