#A596E4#A596E4

#A596E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.113 H 292.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596E4
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 228)
HSL	hsl(252, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(252, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 34.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 22.27, -37.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 43.63, 300.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.0424 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.113 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4235, 35.4128, 78.0894)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596E4 #D5E496

analogous

#96AEE4 #A596E4 #CC96E4

triadic

#A596E4 #E4A596 #96E4A5

tetradic

#A596E4 #E496AE #D5E496 #96E4CC

square

#A596E4 #E496AE #D5E496 #96E4CC

split-complementary

#A596E4 #E4CC96 #AEE496

monochromatic

#5235CB #7B65D7 #A596E4 #CFC7F1 #EAE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A596E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A596E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596E4

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596E4	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.113 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5ed',
    500: '#a596e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596e4;
$custom-light: #c1b5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71615,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596E4

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C71FA6

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596E4

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

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