#A896DE#A896DE

#A896DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.105 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896DE
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 222)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(255, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 32.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 21.69, -34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 40.49, 302.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.0444 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.105 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2365, 35.4110, 73.8083)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896DE #CCDE96

analogous

#96A8DE #A896DE #CC96DE

triadic

#A896DE #DEA896 #96DEA8

tetradic

#A896DE #DE96A8 #CCDE96 #96DECC

square

#A896DE #DE96A8 #CCDE96 #96DECC

split-complementary

#A896DE #DECC96 #A8DE96

monochromatic

#5C3CBE #8167CF #A896DE #CFC5ED #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A896DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A896DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896DE

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896DE	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.105 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5e8',
    500: '#a896de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896de;
$custom-light: #c3b5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71591,
    "c": 0.10461,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896DE

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#C02699

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896DE

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

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