#A96CD6#A96CD6

#A96CD6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.163 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96CD6
RGB	rgb(169, 108, 214)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(275, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 49.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, 43.66, -45.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 62.94, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% 0.1029 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.163 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8600, 24.0157, 66.4570)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96CD6 #99D66C

analogous

#746CD6 #A96CD6 #D66CCE

triadic

#A96CD6 #D6A96C #6CD6A9

tetradic

#A96CD6 #D6746C #99D66C #6CCED6

square

#A96CD6 #D6746C #99D66C #6CCED6

split-complementary

#A96CD6 #CED66C #6CD674

monochromatic

#6C2C9C #8D3CC9 #A96CD6 #C59CE3 #E1CCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#A96CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#A96CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96CD6

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96CD6	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5084DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6287D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 108, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.163 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c598e3',
    500: '#a96cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96cd6;
$custom-light: #c598e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.528,
    "s": 56.383,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63968,
    "c": 0.16326,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96CD6

secondary

#CCE2BC

accent

#C42266

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96CD6

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

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