#A596BA#A596BA

#A596BA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.054 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596BA
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 186)
HSL	hsl(265, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(265, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 19.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, 12.59, -16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 20.87, 307.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0304 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.054 304)
XYZ	xyz(35.2846, 33.3573, 51.0246)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596BA #ABBA96

analogous

#9699BA #A596BA #B796BA

triadic

#A596BA #BAA596 #96BAA5

tetradic

#A596BA #BA9699 #ABBA96 #96BAB7

square

#A596BA #BA9699 #ABBA96 #96BAB7

split-complementary

#A596BA #BAB796 #99BA96

monochromatic

#675581 #8571A2 #A596BA #C5BBD2 #E4E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A596BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#A596BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596BA

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596BA	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.054 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4ce',
    500: '#a596ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596ba;
$custom-light: #c0b4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 20.69,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69833,
    "c": 0.05441,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.33357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596BA

secondary

#D7DCD0

accent

#9F467A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596BA

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

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