#A596EB#A596EB

#A596EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.122 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596EB
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 235)
HSL	hsl(251, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(251, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 36.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, 24.00, -40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 47.42, 300.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.044 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.122 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4150, 35.8094, 83.3111)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596EB #DCEB96

analogous

#96B1EB #A596EB #CF96EB

triadic

#A596EB #EBA596 #96EBA5

tetradic

#A596EB #EB96B1 #DCEB96 #96EBCF

square

#A596EB #EB96B1 #DCEB96 #96EBCF

split-complementary

#A596EB #EBCF96 #B1EB96

monochromatic

#4D2FD7 #7963E1 #A596EB #D1C9F5 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A596EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#A596EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596EB

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596EB	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.122 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5f2',
    500: '#a596eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596eb;
$custom-light: #c1b5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71948,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596EB

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D016AF

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596EB

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

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