#A896CD#A896CD

#A896CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.081 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896CD
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(260, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(260, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, 17.74, -25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 31.31, 304.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.0398 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.081 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0719, 34.5452, 62.4079)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896CD #BBCD96

analogous

#96A0CD #A896CD #C496CD

triadic

#A896CD #CDA896 #96CDA8

tetradic

#A896CD #CD96A0 #BBCD96 #96CDC4

square

#A896CD #CD96A0 #BBCD96 #96CDC4

split-complementary

#A896CD #CDC496 #A0CD96

monochromatic

#664B9E #866DB9 #A896CD #CABFE1 #EDE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A896CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#A896CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896CD

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896CD	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.081 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5dc',
    500: '#a896cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896cd;
$custom-light: #c2b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.636,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70851,
    "c": 0.08121,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896CD

secondary

#E2E7D8

accent

#AE3787

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896CD

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

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