#A596E9#A596E9

#A596E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.120 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596E9
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 233)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(251, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 35.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, 23.50, -39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 46.34, 300.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0436 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.12 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1277, 35.6945, 81.7979)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596E9 #DAE996

analogous

#96B1E9 #A596E9 #CE96E9

triadic

#A596E9 #E9A596 #96E9A5

tetradic

#A596E9 #E996B1 #DAE996 #96E9CE

square

#A596E9 #E996B1 #DAE996 #96E9CE

split-complementary

#A596E9 #E9CE96 #B1E996

monochromatic

#4E31D4 #7A63DE #A596E9 #D0C9F4 #E9E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A596E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#A596E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596E9

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596E9	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.120 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5f0',
    500: '#a596e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596e9;
$custom-light: #c1b5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.843,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71852,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596E9

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CD18AD

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596E9

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

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