#A596EF#A596EF

#A596EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.128 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596EF
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 239)
HSL	hsl(250, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(250, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 37.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 25.00, -42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 49.59, 300.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.0449 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.128 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9994, 36.0431, 86.3889)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596EF #E0EF96

analogous

#96B4EF #A596EF #D296EF

triadic

#A596EF #EFA596 #96EFA5

tetradic

#A596EF #EF96B4 #E0EF96 #96EFD2

square

#A596EF #EF96B4 #E0EF96 #96EFD2

split-complementary

#A596EF #EFD296 #B4EF96

monochromatic

#4A2CDF #7761E7 #A596EF #D3CBF7 #E8E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A596EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#A596EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596EF

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596EF	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA3F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.128 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5f4',
    500: '#a596ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596ef;
$custom-light: #c2b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.112,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72144,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596EF

secondary

#EEF3D8

accent

#D610B4

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596EF

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

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