#A596C7#A596C7

#A596C7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.072 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596C7
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 199)
HSL	hsl(258, 30%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(258, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 24.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 15.44, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 27.88, 303.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% 0.0346 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.072 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7300, 33.9354, 58.6369)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596C7 #B8C796

analogous

#969FC7 #A596C7 #BD96C7

triadic

#A596C7 #C7A596 #96C7A5

tetradic

#A596C7 #C7969F #B8C796 #96C7BD

square

#A596C7 #C7969F #B8C796 #96C7BD

split-complementary

#A596C7 #C7BD96 #9FC796

monochromatic

#644F94 #836EB2 #A596C7 #C7BEDC #E9E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A596C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A596C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596C7

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596C7	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.072 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4d8',
    500: '#a596c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596c7;
$custom-light: #c0b4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.367,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70343,
    "c": 0.07234,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596C7

secondary

#DFE4D5

accent

#A93C88

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596C7

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

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