#A595CD#A595CD

#A595CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.082 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A595CD
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 205)
HSL	hsl(257, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 27.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 17.37, -26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 31.77, 303.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0378 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.082 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2815, 33.9018, 62.3253)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A595CD #BDCD95

analogous

#95A1CD #A595CD #C195CD

triadic

#A595CD #CDA595 #95CDA5

tetradic

#A595CD #CD95A1 #BDCD95 #95CDC1

square

#A595CD #CD95A1 #BDCD95 #95CDC1

split-complementary

#A595CD #CDC195 #A1CD95

monochromatic

#624A9D #826BB9 #A595CD #C8BFE1 #ECE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A595CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A595CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A595CD

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A595CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A595CD	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)

#899ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a595cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.082 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4dc',
    500: '#a595cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a595cd;
$custom-light: #c0b4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a595cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70397,
    "c": 0.08233,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A595CD

secondary

#E2E7D7

accent

#AF378C

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A595CD

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

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