#A596E2#A596E2

#A596E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.110 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596E2
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 226)
HSL	hsl(252, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(252, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 33.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 21.78, -36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 42.55, 300.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.042 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.11 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1475, 35.3024, 76.6356)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596E2 #D3E296

analogous

#96ADE2 #A596E2 #CB96E2

triadic

#A596E2 #E2A596 #96E2A5

tetradic

#A596E2 #E296AD #D3E296 #96E2CB

square

#A596E2 #E296AD #D3E296 #96E2CB

split-complementary

#A596E2 #E2CB96 #ADE296

monochromatic

#5337C7 #7C66D5 #A596E2 #CEC6EF #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A596E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#A596E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596E2

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596E2	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.110 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5eb',
    500: '#a596e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596e2;
$custom-light: #c1b5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.842,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71521,
    "c": 0.10989,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596E2

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C421A4

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596E2

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

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