#C596BE#C596BE

#C596BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.078 H 331.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596BE
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(309, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(309, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 24.26, -13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 27.94, 330.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% 0.0683 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.078 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2258, 37.4020, 53.6475)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596BE #96C59D

analogous

#B496C5 #C596BE #C596A6

triadic

#C596BE #BEC596 #96BEC5

tetradic

#C596BE #C5B496 #96C59D #96A6C5

square

#C596BE #C5B496 #96C59D #96A6C5

split-complementary

#C596BE #A6C596 #96C5B4

monochromatic

#915087 #AF6FA6 #C596BE #DBBDD6 #F1E5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C596BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#C596BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596BE

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596BE	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C998A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.078 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5d1',
    500: '#c596be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596be;
$custom-light: #d7b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.936,
    "s": 28.834,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72994,
    "c": 0.07776,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596BE

secondary

#D4E3D6

accent

#A74E3E

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF6F9

border

#D3D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#838082

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596BE

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

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