#A596C5#A596C5

#A596C5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.070 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596C5
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 197)
HSL	hsl(259, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 14.99, -22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 26.79, 304.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% 0.034 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.07 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4993, 33.8431, 57.4220)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596C5 #B6C596

analogous

#969EC5 #A596C5 #BC96C5

triadic

#A596C5 #C5A596 #96C5A5

tetradic

#A596C5 #C5969E #B6C596 #96C5BC

square

#A596C5 #C5969E #B6C596 #96C5BC

split-complementary

#A596C5 #C5BC96 #9EC596

monochromatic

#655091 #836FAF #A596C5 #C7BDDB #E9E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A596C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#A596C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596C5

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596C5	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.070 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4d6',
    500: '#a596c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596c5;
$custom-light: #c0b4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.149,
    "s": 28.834,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70262,
    "c": 0.06956,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596C5

secondary

#DEE3D4

accent

#A73E86

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596C5

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

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