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#A596E2

#a596e2 ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a596e2 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 58.82% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.99% cyan, 33.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 251.84°, with 56.72% saturation and 73.73% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 8.74.

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Relative luminance0.353

Complementary

  1. #a596e2
  2. #d3e296

Split complementary

  1. #a596e2
  2. #e2cb96
  3. #ade296

Analogous

  1. #96ade2
  2. #a596e2
  3. #cb96e2

Triadic

  1. #a596e2
  2. #e2a596
  3. #96e2a5

Tetradic

  1. #a596e2
  2. #e296d3
  3. #d3e296
  4. #96e2a5

Square

  1. #a596e2
  2. #e296ad
  3. #d3e296
  4. #96e2cb

Monochromatic

  1. #4930af
  2. #725ad1
  3. #a596e2
  4. #d8d2f3
  5. #f1effb

Shades

#a596e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a596e2
  2. #9587cb
  3. #8478b5
  4. #74699e
  5. #635a88
  6. #534b71
  7. #423c5a
  8. #322d44
  9. #211e2d
  10. #110f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#a596e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a596e2
  2. #aea1e5
  3. #b7abe8
  4. #c0b6eb
  5. #c9c0ee
  6. #d2cbf1
  7. #dbd5f3
  8. #e4e0f6
  9. #edeaf9
  10. #f6f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a596e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a596e2
  2. #a194d8
  3. #9e92ce
  4. #9a8fc5
  5. #968dbb
  6. #938bb1
  7. #8f89a7
  8. #8b879d
  9. #878494
  10. #84828a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29cbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a1e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #839fe0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98a3b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #919de4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #929be1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9d9ec7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a596e2 {
  color: #a596e2;
}
Background
.bg-a596e2 {
  background-color: #a596e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a596e2 {
  border: 2px solid #a596e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a596e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 150 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 57% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a596e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a596e2, #cb96e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a596e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 150 226 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.74 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.41 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.59 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.82 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.29 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.64 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.83 #5a691d Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#a596e2  rgb(165, 150, 226)  hsl(252, 57%, 74%)  Floral Lavender
#d3e296  rgb(211, 226, 150)  hsl(72, 57%, 74%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e2a596  rgb(226, 165, 150)  hsl(12, 57%, 74%)  Pastel Pink
#96e2a5  rgb(150, 226, 165)  hsl(132, 57%, 74%)  Granny Smith Apple