#A96CEE#A96CEE

#A96CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.191 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96CEE
RGB	rgb(169, 108, 238)
HSL	hsl(268, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(268, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 54.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 49.21, -56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 75.11, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% 0.1046 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.191 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1539, 25.3332, 83.8048)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96CEE #B1EE6C

analogous

#6C70EE #A96CEE #EA6CEE

triadic

#A96CEE #EEA96C #6CEEA9

tetradic

#A96CEE #EE6C70 #B1EE6C #6CEEEA

square

#A96CEE #EE6C70 #B1EE6C #6CEEEA

split-complementary

#A96CEE #EEEA6C #70EE6C

monochromatic

#6A17C8 #8935E8 #A96CEE #C9A3F4 #E9DAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#A96CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#A96CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96CEE

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96CEE	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B88F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#508AEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C85A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 108, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.191 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c698f4',
    500: '#a96cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96cee;
$custom-light: #c698f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.154,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65345,
    "c": 0.19121,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96CEE

secondary

#DCEFC7

accent

#DC0A79

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FE

border

#D1CCD6

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96CEE

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

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