#A596D3#A596D3

#A596D3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.089 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596D3
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 211)
HSL	hsl(255, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(255, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 28.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, 18.19, -29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 34.40, 301.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.0381 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.089 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1786, 34.5148, 66.2660)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596D3 #C4D396

analogous

#96A5D3 #A596D3 #C396D3

triadic

#A596D3 #D3A596 #96D3A5

tetradic

#A596D3 #D396A5 #C4D396 #96D3C3

square

#A596D3 #D396A5 #C4D396 #96D3C3

split-complementary

#A596D3 #D3C396 #A5D396

monochromatic

#5E46A8 #806BC1 #A596D3 #CAC1E5 #EDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A596D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A596D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596D3

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596D3	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889FD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.089 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5e0',
    500: '#a596d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596d3;
$custom-light: #c0b5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.754,
    "s": 40.94,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70847,
    "c": 0.08905,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596D3

secondary

#E7EBDA

accent

#B43294

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596D3

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

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