#A96AEE#A96AEE

#A96AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.194 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96AEE
RGB	rgb(169, 106, 238)
HSL	hsl(269, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(269, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 55.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 50.27, -57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 76.29, 311.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.1071 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.194 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9454, 24.9162, 83.7353)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96AEE #AFEE6A

analogous

#6A6DEE #A96AEE #EB6AEE

triadic

#A96AEE #EEA96A #6AEEA9

tetradic

#A96AEE #EE6A6D #AFEE6A #6AEEEB

square

#A96AEE #EE6A6D #AFEE6A #6AEEEB

split-complementary

#A96AEE #EEEB6A #6DEE6A

monochromatic

#6B17C7 #8933E8 #A96AEE #C9A1F4 #E8D8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#A96AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#A96AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96AEE

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96AEE	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3687F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D89EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C84A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 106, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.194 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c697f4',
    500: '#a96aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96aee;
$custom-light: #c697f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.636,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65047,
    "c": 0.19416,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96AEE

secondary

#DBEFC5

accent

#DC0A78

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FE

border

#D1CCD6

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96AEE

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

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