#A96EC9#A96EC9

#A96EC9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.145 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96EC9
RGB	rgb(169, 110, 201)
HSL	hsl(279, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 45%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 45.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 39.68, -38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 55.15, 316.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.0984 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.145 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4789, 23.8046, 58.1308)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96EC9 #8EC96E

analogous

#7B6EC9 #A96EC9 #C96EBB

triadic

#A96EC9 #C9A96E #6EC9A9

tetradic

#A96EC9 #C97B6E #8EC96E #6EBBC9

square

#A96EC9 #C97B6E #8EC96E #6EBBC9

split-complementary

#A96EC9 #BBC96E #6EC97B

monochromatic

#6B3389 #8E44B6 #A96EC9 #C39BDA #DEC7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A96EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#A96EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96EC9

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96EC9	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)

#5B83CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B87C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 110, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.145 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c499da',
    500: '#a96ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96ec9;
$custom-light: #c499da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.901,
    "s": 45.729,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63601,
    "c": 0.14486,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96EC9

secondary

#C4DBB8

accent

#B92D5E

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96EC9

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

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