#A596CB#A596CB

#A596CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.078 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596CB
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 203)
HSL	hsl(257, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 16.34, -25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 30.05, 302.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0358 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.078 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2005, 34.1236, 61.1150)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596CB #BCCB96

analogous

#96A2CB #A596CB #C096CB

triadic

#A596CB #CBA596 #96CBA5

tetradic

#A596CB #CB96A2 #BCCB96 #96CBC0

square

#A596CB #CB96A2 #BCCB96 #96CBC0

split-complementary

#A596CB #CBC096 #A2CB96

monochromatic

#624C9A #826DB7 #A596CB #C8BFDF #EBE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A596CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A596CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596CB

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596CB	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#8A9ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.078 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5db',
    500: '#a596cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596cb;
$custom-light: #c0b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.981,
    "s": 33.758,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70508,
    "c": 0.07791,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596CB

secondary

#E2E6D7

accent

#AD398C

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596CB

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

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