#A996FA#A996FA

#A996FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.143 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A996FA
RGB	rgb(169, 150, 250)
HSL	hsl(251, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(251, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 40%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 28.87, -47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 55.59, 301.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0516 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.143 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5194, 37.1489, 95.2488)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A996FA #E7FA96

analogous

#96B5FA #A996FA #DB96FA

triadic

#A996FA #FAA996 #96FAA9

tetradic

#A996FA #FA96B5 #E7FA96 #96FADB

square

#A996FA #FA96B5 #E7FA96 #96FADB

split-complementary

#A996FA #FADB96 #B5FA96

monochromatic

#4921F4 #795CF7 #A996FA #D9D0FD #E7E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A996FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#A996FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A996FA

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A996FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A996FA	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A6FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79A2F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a996fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 150, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.143 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b5fc',
    500: '#a996fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a996fa;
$custom-light: #c5b5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a996fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.4,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73026,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A996FA

secondary

#F0F6D5

accent

#E600BA

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A996FA

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

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