#A595E2#A595E2

#A595E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.111 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A595E2
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 226)
HSL	hsl(252, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(252, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 34.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 22.35, -36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 43.17, 301.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0434 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.111 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9886, 34.9846, 76.5827)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A595E2 #D2E295

analogous

#95ABE2 #A595E2 #CB95E2

triadic

#A595E2 #E2A595 #95E2A5

tetradic

#A595E2 #E295AB #D2E295 #95E2CB

square

#A595E2 #E295AB #D2E295 #95E2CB

split-complementary

#A595E2 #E2CB95 #ABE295

monochromatic

#5436C6 #7C65D5 #A595E2 #CEC5EF #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A595E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A595E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A595E2

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A595E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A595E2	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a595e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.111 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b4eb',
    500: '#a595e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a595e2;
$custom-light: #c1b4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a595e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.468,
    "s": 57.037,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71332,
    "c": 0.11144,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A595E2

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C521A3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A595E2

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

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