#A596AD#A596AD

#A596AD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.037 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596AD
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 173)
HSL	hsl(279, 12%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 13.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, 9.89, -9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 14.05, 314.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% 0.0258 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.037 314)
XYZ	xyz(33.9650, 32.8294, 44.0745)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596AD #9EAD96

analogous

#9996AD #A596AD #AD96A9

triadic

#A596AD #ADA596 #96ADA5

tetradic

#A596AD #AD9996 #9EAD96 #96A9AD

square

#A596AD #AD9996 #9EAD96 #96A9AD

split-complementary

#A596AD #A9AD96 #96AD99

monochromatic

#685871 #887492 #A596AD #C2B8C8 #E0DBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A596AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A596AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596AD

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596AD	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.037 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4c5',
    500: '#a596ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596ad;
$custom-light: #bfb4c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 12.299,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69361,
    "c": 0.03719,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.32829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596AD

secondary

#CED3CB

accent

#964F68

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596AD

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

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