#A96DC3#A96DC3

#A96DC3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.140 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96DC3
RGB	rgb(169, 109, 195)
HSL	hsl(282, 42%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(282, 44%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 44.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 38.94, -35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 52.80, 317.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.0988 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.14 315)
XYZ	xyz(31.6796, 23.3132, 54.4503)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96DC3 #87C36D

analogous

#7E6DC3 #A96DC3 #C36DB2

triadic

#A96DC3 #C3A96D #6DC3A9

tetradic

#A96DC3 #C37E6D #87C36D #6DB2C3

square

#A96DC3 #C37E6D #87C36D #6DB2C3

split-complementary

#A96DC3 #B2C36D #6DC37E

monochromatic

#6A3581 #8D47AC #A96DC3 #C398D5 #DCC4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#A96DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#A96DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96DC3

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96DC3	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D81C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D86C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7798F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 109, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.140 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c498d5',
    500: '#a96dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96dc3;
$custom-light: #c498d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.86,
    "s": 41.748,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63137,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.23312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96DC3

secondary

#BFD7B5

accent

#D2567C

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#130E14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96DC3

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

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