#A596AB#A596AB

#A596AB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.035 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596AB
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 171)
HSL	hsl(283, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(283, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, 9.49, -8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 13.04, 316.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% 0.0251 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.035 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7729, 32.7526, 43.0629)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596AB #9CAB96

analogous

#9A96AB #A596AB #AB96A6

triadic

#A596AB #ABA596 #96ABA5

tetradic

#A596AB #AB9A96 #9CAB96 #96A6AB

square

#A596AB #AB9A96 #9CAB96 #96A6AB

split-complementary

#A596AB #A6AB96 #96AB9A

monochromatic

#68586E #887490 #A596AB #C2B8C6 #DFDAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A596AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#A596AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596AB

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596AB	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.035 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4c4',
    500: '#a596ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596ab;
$custom-light: #bfb4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69291,
    "c": 0.03469,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596AB

secondary

#CDD2CB

accent

#955064

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596AB

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

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