#A96BE3#A96BE3

#A96BE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.180 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96BE3
RGB	rgb(169, 107, 227)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(271, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 52.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, 47.17, -51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 70.13, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.1053 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.18 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4821, 24.4967, 75.5172)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96BE3 #A5E36B

analogous

#6D6BE3 #A96BE3 #E36BE1

triadic

#A96BE3 #E3A96B #6BE3A9

tetradic

#A96BE3 #E36D6B #A5E36B #6BE1E3

square

#A96BE3 #E36D6B #A5E36B #6BE1E3

split-complementary

#A96BE3 #E1E36B #6BE36D

monochromatic

#6C22B2 #8B38D9 #A96BE3 #C79EED #E5D2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#A96BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#A96BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96BE3

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96BE3	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4486E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5888E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0819D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 107, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.180 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c597ec',
    500: '#a96be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96be3;
$custom-light: #c597ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64545,
    "c": 0.17993,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96BE3

secondary

#D4E9C1

accent

#D01570

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96BE3

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

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