#A996CD#A996CD

#A996CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.081 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A996CD
RGB	rgb(169, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(261, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(261, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 18.06, -25.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 31.38, 305.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0409 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.081 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2857, 34.6554, 62.4179)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A996CD #BACD96

analogous

#969FCD #A996CD #C596CD

triadic

#A996CD #CDA996 #96CDA9

tetradic

#A996CD #CD969F #BACD96 #96CDC5

square

#A996CD #CD969F #BACD96 #96CDC5

split-complementary

#A996CD #CDC596 #9FCD96

monochromatic

#684B9E #876DB9 #A996CD #CBBFE1 #EDE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A996CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A996CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A996CD

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A996CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A996CD	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a996cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.081 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5dc',
    500: '#a996cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a996cd;
$custom-light: #c3b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a996cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.727,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70938,
    "c": 0.08142,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A996CD

secondary

#E2E7D8

accent

#AE3785

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A996CD

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

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