#A996EA#A996EA

#A996EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.121 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A996EA
RGB	rgb(169, 150, 234)
HSL	hsl(254, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(254, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 35.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, 24.88, -39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 47.00, 301.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0483 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.121 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1162, 36.1876, 82.5920)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A996EA #D7EA96

analogous

#96ADEA #A996EA #D396EA

triadic

#A996EA #EAA996 #96EAA9

tetradic

#A996EA #EA96AD #D7EA96 #96EAD3

square

#A996EA #EA96AD #D7EA96 #96EAD3

split-complementary

#A996EA #EAD396 #ADEA96

monochromatic

#5530D6 #7F63E0 #A996EA #D3C9F4 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A996EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A996EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A996EA

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A996EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A996EA	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a996ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 150, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.121 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5f1',
    500: '#a996ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a996ea;
$custom-light: #c4b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a996ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.571,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72236,
    "c": 0.12113,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A996EA

secondary

#ECF1DA

accent

#CF17A5

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A996EA

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

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