#A596E0#A596E0

#A596E0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.107 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596E0
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 224)
HSL	hsl(252, 54%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(252, 33%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 33%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 21.29, -35.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 41.46, 300.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0415 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.107 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8747, 35.1933, 75.1987)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596E0 #D1E096

analogous

#96ACE0 #A596E0 #CA96E0

triadic

#A596E0 #E0A596 #96E0A5

tetradic

#A596E0 #E096AC #D1E096 #96E0CA

square

#A596E0 #E096AC #D1E096 #96E0CA

split-complementary

#A596E0 #E0CA96 #ACE096

monochromatic

#5539C2 #7C67D2 #A596E0 #CDC5EE #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A596E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A596E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596E0

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596E0	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.107 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5ea',
    500: '#a596e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596e0;
$custom-light: #c1b5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.162,
    "s": 54.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71429,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596E0

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C224A2

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596E0

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

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