#A596CE#A596CE

#A596CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.082 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596CE
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 206)
HSL	hsl(256, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 27.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 17.03, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 31.68, 302.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.0367 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.082 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5615, 34.2680, 63.0161)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596CE #BFCE96

analogous

#96A3CE #A596CE #C196CE

triadic

#A596CE #CEA596 #96CEA5

tetradic

#A596CE #CE96A3 #BFCE96 #96CEC1

square

#A596CE #CE96A3 #BFCE96 #96CEC1

split-complementary

#A596CE #CEC196 #A3CE96

monochromatic

#614A9F #816CBB #A596CE #C9C0E1 #EDE9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A596CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A596CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596CE

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596CE	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.082 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5dd',
    500: '#a596ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596ce;
$custom-light: #c0b5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.071,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70633,
    "c": 0.08209,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596CE

secondary

#E4E8D8

accent

#AF368F

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596CE

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

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