#A596CF#A596CF

#A596CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.083 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596CF
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 207)
HSL	hsl(256, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 28%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 27.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 17.26, -27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 32.22, 302.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% 0.037 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.083 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6834, 34.3167, 63.6579)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596CF #C0CF96

analogous

#96A4CF #A596CF #C196CF

triadic

#A596CF #CFA596 #96CFA5

tetradic

#A596CF #CF96A4 #C0CF96 #96CFC1

square

#A596CF #CF96A4 #C0CF96 #96CFC1

split-complementary

#A596CF #CFC196 #A4CF96

monochromatic

#614AA1 #816CBC #A596CF #C9C0E2 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A596CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#A596CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596CF

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596CF	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.083 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5dd',
    500: '#a596cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596cf;
$custom-light: #c0b5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70676,
    "c": 0.08348,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596CF

secondary

#E4E8D8

accent

#B03590

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596CF

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

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