#A596A7#A596A7

#A596A7 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.030 H 322.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596A7
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 167)
HSL	hsl(293, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(293, 10%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 10.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, 8.70, -6.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 11.09, 321.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% 0.0236 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.03 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3974, 32.6024, 41.0852)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596A7 #98A796

analogous

#9D96A7 #A596A7 #A796A1

triadic

#A596A7 #A7A596 #96A7A5

tetradic

#A596A7 #A79D96 #98A796 #96A1A7

square

#A596A7 #A79D96 #98A796 #96A1A7

split-complementary

#A596A7 #A1A796 #96A79D

monochromatic

#68596A #88758B #A596A7 #C2B7C3 #DED9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A596A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#A596A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596A7

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596A7	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.030 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4c1',
    500: '#a596a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596a7;
$custom-light: #bfb4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 8.808,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69155,
    "c": 0.02988,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596A7

secondary

#CAD0C9

accent

#93535A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596A7

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

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