#A596DC#A596DC

#A596DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.102 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596DC
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 220)
HSL	hsl(253, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(253, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 31.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 20.32, -33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 39.29, 301.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% 0.0405 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.102 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3386, 34.9788, 72.3753)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596DC #CDDC96

analogous

#96AADC #A596DC #C896DC

triadic

#A596DC #DCA596 #96DCA5

tetradic

#A596DC #DC96AA #CDDC96 #96DCC8

square

#A596DC #DC96AA #CDDC96 #96DCC8

split-complementary

#A596DC #DCC896 #AADC96

monochromatic

#583EBA #7E68CD #A596DC #CCC4EB #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A596DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A596DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596DC

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596DC	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.102 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5e7',
    500: '#a596dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596dc;
$custom-light: #c1b5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71246,
    "c": 0.10157,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596DC

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BD289D

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596DC

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

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