#A896DD#A896DD

#A896DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896DD
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 221)
HSL	hsl(255, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(255, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 32.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 21.45, -33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 39.95, 302.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0441 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.103 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1029, 35.3576, 73.1045)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896DD #CBDD96

analogous

#96A8DD #A896DD #CB96DD

triadic

#A896DD #DDA896 #96DDA8

tetradic

#A896DD #DD96A8 #CBDD96 #96DDCB

square

#A896DD #DD96A8 #CBDD96 #96DDCB

split-complementary

#A896DD #DDCB96 #A8DD96

monochromatic

#5D3DBC #8268CE #A896DD #CEC4EC #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A896DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A896DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896DD

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896DD	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5e8',
    500: '#a896dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896dd;
$custom-light: #c3b5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.211,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71546,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896DD

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#BE2798

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896DD

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

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