#A596BD#A596BD

#A596BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.059 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596BD
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(263, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(263, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 13.23, -18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 22.48, 306.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.0314 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.059 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6069, 33.4862, 52.7219)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596BD #AEBD96

analogous

#969BBD #A596BD #B996BD

triadic

#A596BD #BDA596 #96BDA5

tetradic

#A596BD #BD969B #AEBD96 #96BDB9

square

#A596BD #BD969B #AEBD96 #96BDB9

split-complementary

#A596BD #BDB996 #9BBD96

monochromatic

#675485 #8570A5 #A596BD #C5BCD5 #E5E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A596BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#A596BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596BD

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596BD	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.059 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4d1',
    500: '#a596bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596bd;
$custom-light: #c0b4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69947,
    "c": 0.05852,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596BD

secondary

#D9DED1

accent

#A1447D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596BD

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

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