#A596CA

sRGB: 165 / 150 / 202

Radiant blossoms dance upon still waters
Shimmering rivers blossom beneath falling stars
Boundless spirits illuminate hidden worlds

#A596CA belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 165 red, 150 green and 202 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 257.3° lands in the violet region. Its 32.9% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 69.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.82:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 165, 150, 202
HSL: 257.31°, 32.91%, 69.02%
HSV / HSB: 257.31°, 25.74%, 79.22%
CMYK (approx.): 18.32%, 25.74%, 0.00%, 20.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 37.082, 34.076, 60.503
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 65.023, 16.117, -24.719
WCAG relative luminance: 0.34076
24-bit decimal: 10852042

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #A596CA in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 7.82:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.69:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BBCA96 sits half a turn (180°) from #A596CA on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#A596CA #BBCA96

Analogous

#96A1CA and #BF96CA sit 30° to either side of #A596CA. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#96A1CA #A596CA #BF96CA

Triadic

#A596CA, #CAA596 and #96CAA5 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#A596CA #CAA596 #96CAA5

Split complementary

Start at #A596CA and look across the wheel. #CABF96 and #A1CA96 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#A596CA #CABF96 #A1CA96

Square

Starting with #A596CA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CA96A1, #BBCA96, then #96CABF. Across the square, #A596CA pairs with #BBCA96, and #CA96A1 with #96CABF.

#A596CA #CA96A1 #BBCA96 #96CABF

Tetradic

#A596CA and #BBCA96 are opposites, as are #CA96BB and #96CAA5. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#A596CA #CA96BB #BBCA96 #96CAA5

Tints

Mixing #A596CA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B7ABD5, keeps 80% of the original. By #EDEAF4, the mixture is 80% white.

#A596CA #B7ABD5 #C9C0DF #DBD5EA #EDEAF4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #A596CA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8478A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #211E28, the mixture is 80% black.

#A596CA #8478A2 #635A79 #423C51 #211E28 #000000

Tones

Mixing #A596CA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9E92BB, keeps 80% of the original. By #87848F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#A596CA #9E92BB #968DAC #8F899E #87848F #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#A596CA

RGB

rgb(165 150 202)

HSL

hsl(257.308 32.911% 69.020%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #A596CA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#A596CA uses 165 red, 150 green and 202 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 64.7%

Green 58.8%

Blue 79.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #A596CA is 18.3% cyan, 25.7% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 20.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 18.3%

Magenta 25.7%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 20.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AA99CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #A9C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #A596CA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9999CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AA99CC Nearest web-safe: #9999CC

Gradient to complement

#A596CA #A99FC1 #ACA7B9 #B0B0B0 #B4B9A7 #B7C19F #BBCA96

Color vision previews

Compare how #A596CA appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#8B9ECC

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#8D9DC9

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#9E9EA8

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#949BCB

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#959BC9

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A399BF

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#9E9E9E

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A19AB6

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.37626 G 0.30499 B 0.59062

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.63712 G 0.59031 B 0.77743

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.36361 G 0.30735 B 0.56628

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.282 y 0.259 Y 34.076

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 35.294 M % 41.176 Y % 20.784

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10100101 10010110 11001010