#A96AE5#A96AE5

#A96AE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.184 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96AE5
RGB	rgb(169, 106, 229)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(271, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 53.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 48.17, -53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 71.74, 312.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% 0.1067 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.184 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6561, 24.4005, 76.9449)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96AE5 #A6E56A

analogous

#6B6AE5 #A96AE5 #E56AE3

triadic

#A96AE5 #E5A96A #6AE5A9

tetradic

#A96AE5 #E56B6A #A6E56A #6AE3E5

square

#A96AE5 #E56B6A #A6E56A #6AE3E5

split-complementary

#A96AE5 #E3E56A #6AE56B

monochromatic

#6C20B5 #8B36DC #A96AE5 #C79EEE #E5D2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#A96AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#A96AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96AE5

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96AE5	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4086E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5588E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F819E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 106, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.184 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c697ee',
    500: '#a96ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96ae5;
$custom-light: #c697ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.732,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6451,
    "c": 0.18378,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96AE5

secondary

#D5EAC1

accent

#D21370

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96AE5

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

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