#A596D2#A596D2

#A596D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.088 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596D2
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 210)
HSL	hsl(255, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(255, 29%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 17.96, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 33.86, 302.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0378 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.088 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0536, 34.4648, 65.6078)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596D2 #C3D296

analogous

#96A5D2 #A596D2 #C396D2

triadic

#A596D2 #D2A596 #96D2A5

tetradic

#A596D2 #D296A5 #C3D296 #96D2C3

square

#A596D2 #D296A5 #C3D296 #96D2C3

split-complementary

#A596D2 #D2C396 #A5D296

monochromatic

#5F47A6 #806BC0 #A596D2 #CAC1E4 #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A596D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#A596D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596D2

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596D2	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889FD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.088 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5e0',
    500: '#a596d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596d2;
$custom-light: #c0b5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70804,
    "c": 0.08765,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596D2

secondary

#E6EADA

accent

#B33293

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596D2

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

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