#A596C8#A596C8

#A596C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.074 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596C8
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(258, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(258, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 15.66, -23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 28.42, 303.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0349 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.074 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8465, 33.9820, 59.2504)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596C8 #B9C896

analogous

#96A0C8 #A596C8 #BE96C8

triadic

#A596C8 #C8A596 #96C8A5

tetradic

#A596C8 #C896A0 #B9C896 #96C8BE

square

#A596C8 #C896A0 #B9C896 #96C8BE

split-complementary

#A596C8 #C8BE96 #A0C896

monochromatic

#644E95 #836EB3 #A596C8 #C7BEDD #EAE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A596C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A596C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596C8

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596C8	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.074 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4d8',
    500: '#a596c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596c8;
$custom-light: #c0b4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70384,
    "c": 0.07374,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596C8

secondary

#E0E4D5

accent

#AA3C89

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596C8

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

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