#A596B4#A596B4

#A596B4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.046 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596B4
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 180)
HSL	hsl(270, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(270, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, 11.32, -13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 17.68, 309.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% 0.0283 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.046 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6602, 33.1075, 47.7356)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596B4 #A5B496

analogous

#9696B4 #A596B4 #B496B4

triadic

#A596B4 #B4A596 #96B4A5

tetradic

#A596B4 #B49696 #A5B496 #96B4B4

square

#A596B4 #B49696 #A5B496 #96B4B4

split-complementary

#A596B4 #B4B496 #96B496

monochromatic

#685679 #86729B #A596B4 #C4BACE #E2DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A596B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#A596B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596B4

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596B4	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.046 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4ca',
    500: '#a596b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596b4;
$custom-light: #bfb4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6961,
    "c": 0.04632,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596B4

secondary

#D3D8CE

accent

#9B4B73

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596B4

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

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