#A96CD5#A96CD5

#A96CD5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.162 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96CD5
RGB	rgb(169, 108, 213)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(275, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 49.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, 43.43, -44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 62.43, 314.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.1028 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.162 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7327, 23.9647, 65.7865)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96CD5 #98D56C

analogous

#746CD5 #A96CD5 #D56CCD

triadic

#A96CD5 #D5A96C #6CD5A9

tetradic

#A96CD5 #D5746C #98D56C #6CCDD5

square

#A96CD5 #D5746C #98D56C #6CCDD5

split-complementary

#A96CD5 #CDD56C #6CD574

monochromatic

#6C2C9A #8D3CC7 #A96CD5 #C59CE3 #E1CBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#A96CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#A96CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96CD5

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96CD5	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5184D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6287D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 108, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.162 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c598e2',
    500: '#a96cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96cd5;
$custom-light: #c598e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63914,
    "c": 0.16209,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96CD5

secondary

#CBE1BB

accent

#C32266

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96CD5

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

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