#A596B2#A596B2

#A596B2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.044 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596B2
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(272, 15%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 16%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, 10.91, -12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 16.63, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0276 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.044 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4579, 33.0266, 46.6703)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596B2 #A3B296

analogous

#9796B2 #A596B2 #B296B1

triadic

#A596B2 #B2A596 #96B2A5

tetradic

#A596B2 #B29796 #A3B296 #96B1B2

square

#A596B2 #B29796 #A3B296 #96B1B2

split-complementary

#A596B2 #B1B296 #96B297

monochromatic

#685777 #877398 #A596B2 #C3B9CC #E2DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A596B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#A596B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596B2

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596B2	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.044 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4c9',
    500: '#a596b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596b2;
$custom-light: #bfb4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69538,
    "c": 0.04367,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596B2

secondary

#D2D7CD

accent

#9A4C70

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596B2

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

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