#A596BC#A596BC

#A596BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.057 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596BC
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(264, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(264, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, 13.02, -17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 21.94, 306.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.0311 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.057 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4987, 33.4429, 52.1522)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596BC #ADBC96

analogous

#969ABC #A596BC #B896BC

triadic

#A596BC #BCA596 #96BCA5

tetradic

#A596BC #BC969A #ADBC96 #96BCB8

square

#A596BC #BC969A #ADBC96 #96BCB8

split-complementary

#A596BC #BCB896 #9ABC96

monochromatic

#675484 #8571A4 #A596BC #C5BBD4 #E5E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A596BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#A596BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596BC

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596BC	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.057 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4d0',
    500: '#a596bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596bc;
$custom-light: #c0b4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.684,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69909,
    "c": 0.05714,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596BC

secondary

#D8DDD1

accent

#A1457C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596BC

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

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