#A596AF#A596AF

#A596AF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.040 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596AF
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 175)
HSL	hsl(276, 14%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 14%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 14.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, 10.29, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 15.07, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% 0.0266 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.04 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1600, 32.9074, 45.1013)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596AF #A0AF96

analogous

#9896AF #A596AF #AF96AC

triadic

#A596AF #AFA596 #96AFA5

tetradic

#A596AF #AF9896 #A0AF96 #96ACAF

square

#A596AF #AF9896 #A0AF96 #96ACAF

split-complementary

#A596AF #ACAF96 #96AF98

monochromatic

#685873 #877395 #A596AF #C3B9C9 #E1DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A596AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#A596AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596AF

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596AF	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.040 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4c6',
    500: '#a596af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596af;
$custom-light: #bfb4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 13.514,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69431,
    "c": 0.03975,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596AF

secondary

#D0D5CC

accent

#984E6B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596AF

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

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