#A596DD#A596DD

#A596DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.103 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596DD
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 221)
HSL	hsl(253, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(253, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 32.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 20.56, -34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 39.83, 301.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0407 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.103 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4714, 35.0320, 73.0749)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596DD #CEDD96

analogous

#96AADD #A596DD #C896DD

triadic

#A596DD #DDA596 #96DDA5

tetradic

#A596DD #DD96AA #CEDD96 #96DDC8

square

#A596DD #DD96AA #CEDD96 #96DDC8

split-complementary

#A596DD #DDC896 #AADD96

monochromatic

#583DBC #7D68CE #A596DD #CDC4EC #EBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A596DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A596DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596DD

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596DD	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.103 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5e8',
    500: '#a596dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596dd;
$custom-light: #c1b5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.676,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71291,
    "c": 0.10296,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596DD

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#BE279E

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596DD

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

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