#A596CA#A596CA

#A596CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.077 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596CA
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 202)
HSL	hsl(257, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, 16.11, -24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 29.51, 303.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% 0.0355 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.077 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0818, 34.0761, 60.4894)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596CA #BBCA96

analogous

#96A1CA #A596CA #BF96CA

triadic

#A596CA #CAA596 #96CAA5

tetradic

#A596CA #CA96A1 #BBCA96 #96CABF

square

#A596CA #CA96A1 #BBCA96 #96CABF

split-complementary

#A596CA #CABF96 #A1CA96

monochromatic

#634D99 #826DB5 #A596CA #C8BFDF #EBE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A596CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A596CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596CA

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596CA	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.077 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5da',
    500: '#a596ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596ca;
$custom-light: #c0b5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.308,
    "s": 32.911,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70466,
    "c": 0.07651,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596CA

secondary

#E1E6D6

accent

#AC3A8B

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596CA

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

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