#A96CE6#A96CE6

#A96CE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.182 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96CE6
RGB	rgb(169, 108, 230)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(270, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 53%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, 47.33, -52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 71.05, 311.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% 0.1042 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.182 305)
XYZ	xyz(36.0046, 24.8735, 77.7519)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96CE6 #A9E66C

analogous

#6C6CE6 #A96CE6 #E66CE6

triadic

#A96CE6 #E6A96C #6CE6A9

tetradic

#A96CE6 #E66C6C #A9E66C #6CE6E6

square

#A96CE6 #E66C6C #A9E66C #6CE6E6

split-complementary

#A96CE6 #E6E66C #6CE66C

monochromatic

#6C1FB8 #8A38DD #A96CE6 #C8A0EF #E6D5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#A96CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#A96CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96CE6

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96CE6	1.00	3.51	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4387EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5789E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F839F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 108, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.182 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c698ee',
    500: '#a96ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96ce6;
$custom-light: #c698ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 70.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64872,
    "c": 0.18189,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.24873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96CE6

secondary

#D7EBC3

accent

#D31373

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96CE6

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

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