#A996BB#A996BB

#A996BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.057 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A996BB
RGB	rgb(169, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(271, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(271, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, 14.14, -16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 21.80, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.0353 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.057 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2366, 33.8358, 51.6260)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A996BB #A8BB96

analogous

#9696BB #A996BB #BB96BA

triadic

#A996BB #BBA996 #96BBA9

tetradic

#A996BB #BB9696 #A8BB96 #96BABB

square

#A996BB #BB9696 #A8BB96 #96BABB

split-complementary

#A996BB #BABB96 #96BB96

monochromatic

#6C5482 #8B71A3 #A996BB #C7BBD3 #E6E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A996BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#A996BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A996BB

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A996BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A996BB	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a996bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.057 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5cf',
    500: '#a996bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a996bb;
$custom-light: #c2b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a996bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.811,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70225,
    "c": 0.05713,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A996BB

secondary

#D6DCD0

accent

#A04672

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A996BB

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

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