#A596BE#A596BE

#A596BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.060 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596BE
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(263, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(263, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, 13.45, -18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 23.01, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.0317 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.06 302)
XYZ	xyz(35.7158, 33.5297, 53.2955)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596BE #AFBE96

analogous

#969BBE #A596BE #B996BE

triadic

#A596BE #BEA596 #96BEA5

tetradic

#A596BE #BE969B #AFBE96 #96BEB9

square

#A596BE #BE969B #AFBE96 #96BEB9

split-complementary

#A596BE #BEB996 #9BBE96

monochromatic

#665386 #8570A7 #A596BE #C5BCD5 #E6E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A596BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#A596BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596BE

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596BE	1.00	2.73	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.060 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4d1',
    500: '#a596be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596be;
$custom-light: #c0b4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69986,
    "c": 0.0599,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.3353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596BE

secondary

#DADED1

accent

#A2447F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596BE

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

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