#A596EA#A596EA

#A596EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.121 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596EA
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 234)
HSL	hsl(251, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(251, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 35.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 23.75, -40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 46.88, 300.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0438 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.121 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2709, 35.7518, 82.5523)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596EA #DBEA96

analogous

#96B1EA #A596EA #CF96EA

triadic

#A596EA #EAA596 #96EAA5

tetradic

#A596EA #EA96B1 #DBEA96 #96EACF

square

#A596EA #EA96B1 #DBEA96 #96EACF

split-complementary

#A596EA #EACF96 #B1EA96

monochromatic

#4E30D6 #7963E0 #A596EA #D1C9F4 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A596EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#A596EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596EA

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596EA	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.121 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5f1',
    500: '#a596ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596ea;
$custom-light: #c1b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.719,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596EA

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CF17AE

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596EA

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

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