#A596EE#A596EE

#A596EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.126 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596EE
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 238)
HSL	hsl(250, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(250, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 37%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 24.75, -42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 49.05, 300.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0447 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.126 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8521, 35.9842, 85.6130)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596EE #DFEE96

analogous

#96B3EE #A596EE #D196EE

triadic

#A596EE #EEA596 #96EEA5

tetradic

#A596EE #EE96B3 #DFEE96 #96EED1

square

#A596EE #EE96B3 #DFEE96 #96EED1

split-complementary

#A596EE #EED196 #B3EE96

monochromatic

#4B2DDD #7861E5 #A596EE #D2CBF7 #E8E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A596EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#A596EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596EE

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596EE	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.126 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5f4',
    500: '#a596ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596ee;
$custom-light: #c2b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.227,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72095,
    "c": 0.12642,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596EE

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#D411B3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596EE

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

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