#A596AC#A596AC

#A596AC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.036 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596AC
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 172)
HSL	hsl(281, 12%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 13%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, 9.69, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 13.54, 315.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% 0.0255 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.036 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8686, 32.7908, 43.5668)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596AC #9DAC96

analogous

#9A96AC #A596AC #AC96A8

triadic

#A596AC #ACA596 #96ACA5

tetradic

#A596AC #AC9A96 #9DAC96 #96A8AC

square

#A596AC #AC9A96 #9DAC96 #96A8AC

split-complementary

#A596AC #A8AC96 #96AC9A

monochromatic

#68586F #887491 #A596AC #C2B8C7 #E0DAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A596AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A596AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596AC

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596AC	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.036 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4c4',
    500: '#a596ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596ac;
$custom-light: #bfb4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 11.702,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69326,
    "c": 0.03594,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596AC

secondary

#CDD3CB

accent

#965066

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596AC

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

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