#A596E1#A596E1

#A596E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.109 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596E1
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 225)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(252, 33%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 21.53, -36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 42.01, 300.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0417 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.109 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0107, 35.2477, 75.9151)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596E1 #D2E196

analogous

#96ACE1 #A596E1 #CA96E1

triadic

#A596E1 #E1A596 #96E1A5

tetradic

#A596E1 #E196AC #D2E196 #96E1CA

square

#A596E1 #E196AC #D2E196 #96E1CA

split-complementary

#A596E1 #E1CA96 #ACE196

monochromatic

#5438C4 #7C66D3 #A596E1 #CEC6EF #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A596E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A596E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596E1

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596E1	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.109 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5ea',
    500: '#a596e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596e1;
$custom-light: #c1b5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71475,
    "c": 0.10851,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596E1

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C322A3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596E1

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

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