#A596D7#A596D7

#A596D7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.095 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596D7
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 215)
HSL	hsl(254, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(254, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 30.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, 19.13, -31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 36.57, 301.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% 0.0392 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.095 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6863, 34.7179, 68.9399)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596D7 #C8D796

analogous

#96A8D7 #A596D7 #C696D7

triadic

#A596D7 #D7A596 #96D7A5

tetradic

#A596D7 #D796A8 #C8D796 #96D7C6

square

#A596D7 #D796A8 #C8D796 #96D7C6

split-complementary

#A596D7 #D7C696 #A8D796

monochromatic

#5C43B0 #7F6AC6 #A596D7 #CBC2E8 #ECE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A596D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#A596D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596D7

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596D7	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889ED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.095 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5e3',
    500: '#a596d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596d7;
$custom-light: #c0b5e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71022,
    "c": 0.09462,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596D7

secondary

#E9EDDC

accent

#B82E98

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596D7

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

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