#A96DE3#A96DE3

#A96DE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.177 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96DE3
RGB	rgb(169, 109, 227)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(271, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 52%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, 46.09, -51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 68.92, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.1027 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.177 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6930, 24.9186, 75.5876)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96DE3 #A7E36D

analogous

#6E6DE3 #A96DE3 #E36DE2

triadic

#A96DE3 #E3A96D #6DE3A9

tetradic

#A96DE3 #E36E6D #A7E36D #6DE2E3

square

#A96DE3 #E36E6D #A7E36D #6DE2E3

split-complementary

#A96DE3 #E2E36D #6DE36E

monochromatic

#6C22B3 #8B3AD9 #A96DE3 #C7A0ED #E5D4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#A96DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#A96DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96DE3

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96DE3	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4887E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A89E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F829E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 109, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.177 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c599ec',
    500: '#a96de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96de3;
$custom-light: #c599ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.508,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64851,
    "c": 0.17685,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96DE3

secondary

#D6E9C2

accent

#D01671

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96DE3

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

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