#A896EE#A896EE

#A896EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.127 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896EE
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 238)
HSL	hsl(252, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(252, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 37%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, 25.59, -41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 49.12, 301.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% 0.0481 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.127 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4835, 36.3098, 85.6426)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896EE #DCEE96

analogous

#96B0EE #A896EE #D496EE

triadic

#A896EE #EEA896 #96EEA8

tetradic

#A896EE #EE96B0 #DCEE96 #96EED4

square

#A896EE #EE96B0 #DCEE96 #96EED4

split-complementary

#A896EE #EED496 #B0EE96

monochromatic

#512DDD #7C61E5 #A896EE #D4CBF7 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A896EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#A896EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896EE

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896EE	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.127 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5f4',
    500: '#a896ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896ee;
$custom-light: #c4b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.273,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72344,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896EE

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D411AC

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896EE

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

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