#a596c9

Color #a596c9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.76 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a596c9

RGB

rgb(165, 150, 201)

HSL

hsl(257.6, 32.1%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.6, 25.4%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 25.4%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(64.99, 15.89, -24.22)

LCH

lch(64.99, 28.97, 303.27)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0752, 297.93)

HWB

hwb(257.6, 58.8%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bac996

Analogous

#96a0c9

#a596c9

#be96c9

Triadic

#a596c9

#c9a596

#96c9a5

Split-complementary

#a596c9

#c9be96

#a0c996

Tetradic

#a596c9

#c996ba

#bac996

#96c9a5

Square

#a596c9

#c996a0

#bac996

#96c9be

Shades

Color #a596c9 mixed toward black.

#846fb5

#654f9b

#4c3c74

#33284d

#191427

Tints

Color #a596c9 mixed toward white.

#b4a7d2

#c3b9db

#d2cae4

#e1dced

#f0edf6

Tones

Color #a596c9 mixed toward gray.

#a79ac5

#a89ec0

#aaa3bc

#aca7b8

#aeabb4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fbe · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#a0a1bc · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#a4b5b3 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a596c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a596c9]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#a596c9 (#a596c9) is rgb(165, 150, 201) in RGB.

No, #a596c9 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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