#A596CD#A596CD

#A596CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.081 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596CD
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(256, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 16.80, -26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 31.14, 302.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% 0.0364 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.081 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4404, 34.2196, 62.3783)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596CD #BECD96

analogous

#96A3CD #A596CD #C196CD

triadic

#A596CD #CDA596 #96CDA5

tetradic

#A596CD #CD96A3 #BECD96 #96CDC1

square

#A596CD #CD96A3 #BECD96 #96CDC1

split-complementary

#A596CD #CDC196 #A3CD96

monochromatic

#624B9E #816DB9 #A596CD #C9BFE1 #ECE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A596CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#A596CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596CD

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596CD	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.081 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5dc',
    500: '#a596cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596cd;
$custom-light: #c0b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70591,
    "c": 0.0807,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596CD

secondary

#E3E7D8

accent

#AE378E

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596CD

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

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