#A996FD#A996FD

#A996FD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.147 H 290.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A996FD
RGB	rgb(169, 150, 253)
HSL	hsl(251, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 40.7%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 29.64, -48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 57.19, 301.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% 0.0521 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.147 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9935, 37.3385, 97.7460)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A996FD #EAFD96

analogous

#96B7FD #A996FD #DD96FD

triadic

#A996FD #FDA996 #96FDA9

tetradic

#A996FD #FD96B7 #EAFD96 #96FDDD

square

#A996FD #FD96B7 #EAFD96 #96FDDD

split-complementary

#A996FD #FDDD96 #B7FD96

monochromatic

#471EFB #785AFC #A996FD #DAD2FE #E6E1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A996FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#A996FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A996FD

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A996FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A996FD	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76A6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77A2FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a996fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 150, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.147 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b5fe',
    500: '#a996fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a996fd;
$custom-light: #c5b5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a996fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.068,
    "s": 96.262,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7318,
    "c": 0.14681,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A996FD

secondary

#F0F7D4

accent

#E600BB

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #A996FD

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

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