#A596C2#A596C2

#A596C2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.065 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596C2
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 194)
HSL	hsl(260, 27%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 23%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, 14.32, -20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 25.17, 304.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.033 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.065 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1590, 33.7070, 55.6296)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596C2 #B3C296

analogous

#969DC2 #A596C2 #BB96C2

triadic

#A596C2 #C2A596 #96C2A5

tetradic

#A596C2 #C2969D #B3C296 #96C2BB

square

#A596C2 #C2969D #B3C296 #96C2BB

split-complementary

#A596C2 #C2BB96 #9DC296

monochromatic

#65518C #846FAC #A596C2 #C6BDD8 #E7E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A596C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A596C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596C2

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596C2	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9DC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.065 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4d4',
    500: '#a596c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596c2;
$custom-light: #c0b4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.455,
    "s": 26.506,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70142,
    "c": 0.06541,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596C2

secondary

#DCE1D3

accent

#A54083

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596C2

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

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