#A596DE#A596DE

#A596DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.104 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596DE
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 222)
HSL	hsl(253, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(253, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 32.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 20.81, -34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 40.38, 301.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% 0.041 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.104 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6050, 35.0854, 73.7786)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596DE #CFDE96

analogous

#96ABDE #A596DE #C996DE

triadic

#A596DE #DEA596 #96DEA5

tetradic

#A596DE #DE96AB #CFDE96 #96DEC9

square

#A596DE #DE96AB #CFDE96 #96DEC9

split-complementary

#A596DE #DEC996 #ABDE96

monochromatic

#573CBE #7D67CF #A596DE #CDC5ED #EBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A596DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A596DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596DE

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596DE	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.104 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5e8',
    500: '#a596de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596de;
$custom-light: #c1b5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71337,
    "c": 0.10435,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596DE

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C026A0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596DE

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

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