#A596BB#A596BB

#A596BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.056 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596BB
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(264, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(264, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, 12.80, -17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 21.40, 306.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% 0.0307 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.056 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3913, 33.3999, 51.5864)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596BB #ACBB96

analogous

#9699BB #A596BB #B796BB

triadic

#A596BB #BBA596 #96BBA5

tetradic

#A596BB #BB9699 #ACBB96 #96BBB7

square

#A596BB #BB9699 #ACBB96 #96BBB7

split-complementary

#A596BB #BBB796 #99BB96

monochromatic

#675482 #8571A3 #A596BB #C5BBD3 #E5E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A596BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#A596BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596BB

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596BB	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.056 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4cf',
    500: '#a596bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596bb;
$custom-light: #c0b4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.324,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69871,
    "c": 0.05578,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596BB

secondary

#D8DCD0

accent

#A0467B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596BB

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

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