#A596B0#A596B0

#A596B0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.041 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596B0
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 176)
HSL	hsl(275, 14%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(275, 15%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 14.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, 10.50, -11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 15.59, 312.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% 0.0269 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.041 311)
XYZ	xyz(34.2585, 32.9468, 45.6205)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596B0 #A1B096

analogous

#9896B0 #A596B0 #B096AE

triadic

#A596B0 #B0A596 #96B0A5

tetradic

#A596B0 #B09896 #A1B096 #96AEB0

square

#A596B0 #B09896 #A1B096 #96AEB0

split-complementary

#A596B0 #AEB096 #96B098

monochromatic

#685774 #877396 #A596B0 #C3B9CA #E1DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A596B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#A596B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596B0

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596B0	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.041 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4c7',
    500: '#a596b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596b0;
$custom-light: #bfb4c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.615,
    "s": 14.13,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69466,
    "c": 0.04104,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.32947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596B0

secondary

#D0D5CC

accent

#984D6D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596B0

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

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