#A596C0#A596C0

#A596C0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.063 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596C0
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 192)
HSL	hsl(261, 25%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 22%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 21.9%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 13.88, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 24.09, 305.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.0324 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.063 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9359, 33.6178, 54.4546)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596C0 #B1C096

analogous

#969CC0 #A596C0 #BA96C0

triadic

#A596C0 #C0A596 #96C0A5

tetradic

#A596C0 #C0969C #B1C096 #96C0BA

square

#A596C0 #C0969C #B1C096 #96C0BA

split-complementary

#A596C0 #C0BA96 #9CC096

monochromatic

#665289 #8470A9 #A596C0 #C6BCD7 #E7E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A596C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A596C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596C0

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596C0	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909DBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.063 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4d3',
    500: '#a596c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596c0;
$custom-light: #c0b4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70064,
    "c": 0.06265,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596C0

secondary

#DBE0D2

accent

#A44281

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596C0

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

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