#A96EB3#A96EB3

#A96EB3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.120 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96EB3
RGB	rgb(169, 110, 179)
HSL	hsl(291, 31%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(291, 39%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 38.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 35.07, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 44.39, 322.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.0941 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.12 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0738, 22.8426, 45.4640)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96EB3 #78B36E

analogous

#876EB3 #A96EB3 #B36E9B

triadic

#A96EB3 #B3A96E #6EB3A9

tetradic

#A96EB3 #B3876E #78B36E #6E9BB3

square

#A96EB3 #B3876E #78B36E #6E9BB3

split-complementary

#A96EB3 #9BB36E #6EB387

monochromatic

#66396D #8B4E95 #A96EB3 #C196C8 #D9BEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#A96EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#A96EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96EB3

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96EB3	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7586B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 110, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.120 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c499ca',
    500: '#a96eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96eb3;
$custom-light: #c499ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.304,
    "s": 31.222,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62543,
    "c": 0.12006,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96EB3

secondary

#B4CDB0

accent

#C7606F

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96EB3

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

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