#A596DF#A596DF

#A596DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.106 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596DF
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 223)
HSL	hsl(252, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(252, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 32.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 21.05, -35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 40.92, 300.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0412 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.106 293)
XYZ	xyz(39.7395, 35.1392, 74.4866)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596DF #D0DF96

analogous

#96ABDF #A596DF #C996DF

triadic

#A596DF #DFA596 #96DFA5

tetradic

#A596DF #DF96AB #D0DF96 #96DFC9

square

#A596DF #DF96AB #D0DF96 #96DFC9

split-complementary

#A596DF #DFC996 #ABDF96

monochromatic

#563BC0 #7D67D1 #A596DF #CDC5ED #EBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A596DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A596DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596DF

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596DF	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.106 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5e9',
    500: '#a596df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596df;
$custom-light: #c1b5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.329,
    "s": 53.285,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71383,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.3514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596DF

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C125A1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596DF

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

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