#A96CBD#A96CBD

#A96CBD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.135 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96CBD
RGB	rgb(169, 108, 189)
HSL	hsl(285, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(285, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 42.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, 38.22, -32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 50.49, 319.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% 0.0992 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.135 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9088, 22.8352, 50.9137)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96CBD #80BD6C

analogous

#806CBD #A96CBD #BD6CA8

triadic

#A96CBD #BDA96C #6CBDA9

tetradic

#A96CBD #BD806C #80BD6C #6CA8BD

square

#A96CBD #BD806C #80BD6C #6CA8BD

split-complementary

#A96CBD #A8BD6C #6CBD80

monochromatic

#683678 #8D49A3 #A96CBD #C296D0 #DAC0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#A96CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#A96CBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96CBD

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96CBD	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F7FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F85BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9778B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 108, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.135 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c497d1',
    500: '#a96cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96cbd;
$custom-light: #c497d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.185,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6268,
    "c": 0.13463,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96CBD

secondary

#BAD3B2

accent

#CE5A77

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96CBD

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

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