#A596E8#A596E8

#A596E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.118 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596E8
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 232)
HSL	hsl(251, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(251, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 35.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, 23.25, -39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 45.80, 300.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.0434 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.118 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9852, 35.6375, 81.0477)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596E8 #D9E896

analogous

#96B0E8 #A596E8 #CE96E8

triadic

#A596E8 #E8A596 #96E8A5

tetradic

#A596E8 #E896B0 #D9E896 #96E8CE

square

#A596E8 #E896B0 #D9E896 #96E8CE

split-complementary

#A596E8 #E8CE96 #B0E896

monochromatic

#4F32D2 #7A64DD #A596E8 #D0C8F3 #E9E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A596E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#A596E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596E8

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596E8	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.118 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5ef',
    500: '#a596e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596e8;
$custom-light: #c1b5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.976,
    "s": 64.062,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71804,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596E8

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CC1AAB

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596E8

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

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