#A596BF#A596BF

#A596BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.061 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596BF
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 191)
HSL	hsl(262, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(262, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 21.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, 13.67, -19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 23.55, 305.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.0321 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.061 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8255, 33.5736, 53.8731)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596BF #B0BF96

analogous

#969CBF #A596BF #BA96BF

triadic

#A596BF #BFA596 #96BFA5

tetradic

#A596BF #BF969C #B0BF96 #96BFBA

square

#A596BF #BF969C #B0BF96 #96BFBA

split-complementary

#A596BF #BFBA96 #9CBF96

monochromatic

#665388 #8470A8 #A596BF #C6BCD6 #E6E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A596BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#A596BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596BF

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596BF	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	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)

#8E9CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.061 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4d2',
    500: '#a596bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596bf;
$custom-light: #c0b4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.951,
    "s": 24.26,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70025,
    "c": 0.06127,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596BF

secondary

#DADFD2

accent

#A34380

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596BF

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

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