#A596AE#A596AE

#A596AE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.038 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596AE
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(278, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, 10.09, -10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 14.56, 313.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% 0.0262 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.038 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0621, 32.8682, 44.5860)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596AE #9FAE96

analogous

#9996AE #A596AE #AE96AB

triadic

#A596AE #AEA596 #96AEA5

tetradic

#A596AE #AE9996 #9FAE96 #96ABAE

square

#A596AE #AE9996 #9FAE96 #96ABAE

split-complementary

#A596AE #ABAE96 #96AE99

monochromatic

#685872 #877393 #A596AE #C3B9C9 #E0DBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A596AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A596AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596AE

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596AE	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	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)

#939AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.038 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4c6',
    500: '#a596ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596ae;
$custom-light: #bfb4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69395,
    "c": 0.03846,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596AE

secondary

#CFD4CC

accent

#974E6A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596AE

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

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