#A96DD9#A96DD9

#A96DD9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.165 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96DD9
RGB	rgb(169, 109, 217)
HSL	hsl(273, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(273, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 49.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, 43.79, -46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 63.84, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.1018 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.165 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3527, 24.3825, 68.5288)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96DD9 #9DD96D

analogous

#736DD9 #A96DD9 #D96DD3

triadic

#A96DD9 #D9A96D #6DD9A9

tetradic

#A96DD9 #D9736D #9DD96D #6DD3D9

square

#A96DD9 #D9736D #9DD96D #6DD3D9

split-complementary

#A96DD9 #D3D96D #6DD973

monochromatic

#6C2AA2 #8C3CCC #A96DD9 #C69EE6 #E2CEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#A96DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#A96DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96DD9

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96DD9	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5085DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6188D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 109, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.165 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c598e5',
    500: '#a96dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96dd9;
$custom-light: #c598e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 58.696,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64289,
    "c": 0.16515,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96DD9

secondary

#CFE4BE

accent

#C61F69

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96DD9

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

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