#A596FF#A596FF

#A596FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.150 H 288.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596FF
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 255)
HSL	hsl(249, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(249, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 41.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 29.11, -50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 58.19, 300.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% 0.0479 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.15 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4685, 37.0308, 99.3931)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596FF #F0FF96

analogous

#96BCFF #A596FF #D996FF

triadic

#A596FF #FFA596 #96FFA5

tetradic

#A596FF #FF96BC #F0FF96 #96FFD9

square

#A596FF #FF96BC #F0FF96 #96FFD9

split-complementary

#A596FF #FFD996 #BCFF96

monochromatic

#3C1CFF #7159FF #A596FF #D9D3FF #E5E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A596FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#A596FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596FF

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596FF	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74A6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73A1FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EAABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.150 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5ff',
    500: '#a596ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596ff;
$custom-light: #c3b5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72957,
    "c": 0.14952,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596FF

secondary

#F2F7D4

accent

#E600C5

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596FF

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

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