#A96FE5#A96FE5

#A96FE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.176 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96FE5
RGB	rgb(169, 111, 229)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(269, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 51.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, 45.48, -51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 68.72, 311.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.1003 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.176 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1864, 25.4612, 77.1217)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96FE5 #ABE56F

analogous

#6F70E5 #A96FE5 #E46FE5

triadic

#A96FE5 #E5A96F #6FE5A9

tetradic

#A96FE5 #E56F70 #ABE56F #6FE5E4

square

#A96FE5 #E56F70 #ABE56F #6FE5E4

split-complementary

#A96FE5 #E5E46F #70E56F

monochromatic

#6C21B8 #8A3BDC #A96FE5 #C8A3EE #E7D7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#A96FE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#A96FE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96FE5

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96FE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96FE5	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4988E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F84A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96fe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 111, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.176 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c59aee',
    500: '#a96fe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96fe5;
$custom-light: #c59aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96fe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.492,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65276,
    "c": 0.17612,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96FE5

secondary

#D8EBC5

accent

#D11474

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96FE5

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

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