#A96BDD#A96BDD

#A96BDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.173 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96BDD
RGB	rgb(169, 107, 221)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(273, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 51.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, 45.79, -49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 67.09, 313.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% 0.1049 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.173 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6684, 24.1712, 71.2318)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96BDD #9FDD6B

analogous

#706BDD #A96BDD #DD6BD8

triadic

#A96BDD #DDA96B #6BDDA9

tetradic

#A96BDD #DD706B #9FDD6B #6BD8DD

square

#A96BDD #DD706B #9FDD6B #6BD8DD

split-complementary

#A96BDD #D8DD6B #6BDD70

monochromatic

#6C26A7 #8C39D2 #A96BDD #C69DE8 #E3CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#A96BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#A96BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96BDD

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96BDD	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4985E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C88DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 107, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.173 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c597e8',
    500: '#a96bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96bdd;
$custom-light: #c597e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.632,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64202,
    "c": 0.17297,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96BDD

secondary

#D0E6BE

accent

#CA1B6B

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96BDD

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

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