#A596D8#A596D8

#A596D8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.096 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596D8
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 216)
HSL	hsl(254, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(254, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 30.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, 19.37, -31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 37.12, 301.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0394 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.096 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8152, 34.7695, 69.6187)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596D8 #C9D896

analogous

#96A8D8 #A596D8 #C696D8

triadic

#A596D8 #D8A596 #96D8A5

tetradic

#A596D8 #D896A8 #C9D896 #96D8C6

square

#A596D8 #D896A8 #C9D896 #96D8C6

split-complementary

#A596D8 #D8C696 #A8D896

monochromatic

#5B42B2 #7F69C7 #A596D8 #CBC3E9 #ECE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A596D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A596D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596D8

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596D8	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.096 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b5e4',
    500: '#a596d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596d8;
$custom-light: #c0b5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71067,
    "c": 0.09601,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596D8

secondary

#E9EDDD

accent

#B92C99

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596D8

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

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