#A596D1#A596D1

#A596D1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.086 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596D1
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 209)
HSL	hsl(255, 39%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(255, 28%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 28.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 17.72, -28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 33.31, 302.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.0375 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.086 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9294, 34.4152, 64.9538)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596D1 #C2D196

analogous

#96A4D1 #A596D1 #C296D1

triadic

#A596D1 #D1A596 #96D1A5

tetradic

#A596D1 #D196A4 #C2D196 #96D1C2

square

#A596D1 #D196A4 #C2D196 #96D1C2

split-complementary

#A596D1 #D1C296 #A4D196

monochromatic

#6048A5 #816BBE #A596D1 #C9C1E4 #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A596D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A596D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596D1

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596D1	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.086 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5df',
    500: '#a596d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596d1;
$custom-light: #c0b5df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.254,
    "s": 39.073,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70761,
    "c": 0.08626,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596D1

secondary

#E5E9D9

accent

#B23392

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596D1

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

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