#A896DB#A896DB

#A896DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.100 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896DB
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 219)
HSL	hsl(256, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(256, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 31.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 20.98, -32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 38.87, 302.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0436 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.1 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8380, 35.2516, 71.7095)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896DB #C9DB96

analogous

#96A7DB #A896DB #CA96DB

triadic

#A896DB #DBA896 #96DBA8

tetradic

#A896DB #DB96A7 #C9DB96 #96DBCA

square

#A896DB #DB96A7 #C9DB96 #96DBCA

split-complementary

#A896DB #DBCA96 #A7DB96

monochromatic

#5E3FB8 #8268CB #A896DB #CEC4EB #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A896DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A896DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896DB

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896DB	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.100 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5e6',
    500: '#a896db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896db;
$custom-light: #c3b5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71456,
    "c": 0.10049,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896DB

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BC2996

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896DB

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

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