#A896CC#A896CC

#A896CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.080 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896CC
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(260, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, 17.52, -25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 30.77, 304.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0395 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.08 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9516, 34.4970, 61.7742)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896CC #BACC96

analogous

#969FCC #A896CC #C396CC

triadic

#A896CC #CCA896 #96CCA8

tetradic

#A896CC #CC969F #BACC96 #96CCC3

square

#A896CC #CC969F #BACC96 #96CCC3

split-complementary

#A896CC #CCC396 #9FCC96

monochromatic

#664C9C #866DB8 #A896CC #CABFE0 #ECE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A896CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A896CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896CC

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896CC	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.080 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5db',
    500: '#a896cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896cc;
$custom-light: #c2b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70809,
    "c": 0.07984,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896CC

secondary

#E1E7D7

accent

#AD3886

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896CC

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

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