#A996BD#A996BD

#A996BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.060 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A996BD
RGB	rgb(169, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(269, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(269, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 14.56, -17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 22.85, 309.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.036 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.06 307)
XYZ	xyz(36.4522, 33.9220, 52.7615)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A996BD #AABD96

analogous

#9697BD #A996BD #BD96BD

triadic

#A996BD #BDA996 #96BDA9

tetradic

#A996BD #BD9697 #AABD96 #96BDBD

square

#A996BD #BD9697 #AABD96 #96BDBD

split-complementary

#A996BD #BDBD96 #97BD96

monochromatic

#6C5485 #8A70A5 #A996BD #C8BCD5 #E7E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A996BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A996BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A996BD

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A996BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A996BD	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a996bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.060 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5d1',
    500: '#a996bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a996bd;
$custom-light: #c2b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a996bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.703,
    "c": 0.05979,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.33922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A996BD

secondary

#D8DED1

accent

#A14474

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A996BD

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

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