#A596DB#A596DB

#A596DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.100 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596DB
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 219)
HSL	hsl(253, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(253, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 31.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, 20.08, -33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 38.75, 301.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.0402 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.1 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2065, 34.9260, 71.6799)
Luminance	0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596DB #CCDB96

analogous

#96AADB #A596DB #C796DB

triadic

#A596DB #DBA596 #96DBA5

tetradic

#A596DB #DB96AA #CCDB96 #96DBC7

square

#A596DB #DB96AA #CCDB96 #96DBC7

split-complementary

#A596DB #DBC796 #AADB96

monochromatic

#593FB8 #7E68CB #A596DB #CCC4EB #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A596DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#A596DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596DB

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596DB	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.100 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5e6',
    500: '#a596db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596db;
$custom-light: #c1b5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71201,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596DB

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BC299C

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596DB

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

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