#A596CC#A596CC

#A596CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.079 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596CC
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(257, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 16.57, -25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 30.59, 302.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0361 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.079 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3201, 34.1714, 61.7446)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596CC #BDCC96

analogous

#96A2CC #A596CC #C096CC

triadic

#A596CC #CCA596 #96CCA5

tetradic

#A596CC #CC96A2 #BDCC96 #96CCC0

square

#A596CC #CC96A2 #BDCC96 #96CCC0

split-complementary

#A596CC #CCC096 #A2CC96

monochromatic

#624C9C #826DB8 #A596CC #C8BFE0 #ECE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A596CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#A596CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596CC

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596CC	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.079 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5db',
    500: '#a596cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596cc;
$custom-light: #c0b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70549,
    "c": 0.07929,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596CC

secondary

#E2E7D7

accent

#AD388D

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596CC

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

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