#A596AA#A596AA

#A596AA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.033 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596AA
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 170)
HSL	hsl(285, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(285, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 11.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, 9.29, -8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 12.54, 317.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% 0.0247 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.033 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6780, 32.7146, 42.5628)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596AA #9BAA96

analogous

#9B96AA #A596AA #AA96A5

triadic

#A596AA #AAA596 #96AAA5

tetradic

#A596AA #AA9B96 #9BAA96 #96A5AA

square

#A596AA #AA9B96 #9BAA96 #96A5AA

split-complementary

#A596AA #A5AA96 #96AA9B

monochromatic

#68586D #88748F #A596AA #C2B8C5 #DFDAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A596AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#A596AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596AA

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596AA	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.033 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4c3',
    500: '#a596aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596aa;
$custom-light: #bfb4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69257,
    "c": 0.03345,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596AA

secondary

#CCD2CA

accent

#955162

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596AA

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

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