#A96DCD#A96DCD

#A96DCD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.151 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96DCD
RGB	rgb(169, 109, 205)
HSL	hsl(278, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 46.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 41.11, -40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 57.78, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.1004 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.151 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8483, 23.7807, 60.6055)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96DCD #91CD6D

analogous

#796DCD #A96DCD #CD6DC1

triadic

#A96DCD #CDA96D #6DCDA9

tetradic

#A96DCD #CD796D #91CD6D #6DC1CD

square

#A96DCD #CD796D #91CD6D #6DC1CD

split-complementary

#A96DCD #C1CD6D #6DCD79

monochromatic

#6C318F #8E40BC #A96DCD #C49BDD #DFC8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A96DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#A96DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96DCD

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96DCD	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5783D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6887CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 109, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.151 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c498dc',
    500: '#a96dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96dcd;
$custom-light: #c498dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63646,
    "c": 0.15117,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96DCD

secondary

#C6DDB9

accent

#BC2960

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96DCD

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

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