#C596BF#C596BF

#C596BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.079 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596BF
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 191)
HSL	hsl(308, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(308, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 24.44, -14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 28.36, 329.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0687 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.079 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3354, 37.4459, 54.2251)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596BF #96C59C

analogous

#B396C5 #C596BF #C596A7

triadic

#C596BF #BFC596 #96BFC5

tetradic

#C596BF #C5B396 #96C59C #96A7C5

square

#C596BF #C5B396 #96C59C #96A7C5

split-complementary

#C596BF #A7C596 #96C5B3

monochromatic

#915088 #AF6FA7 #C596BF #DBBDD7 #F1E5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C596BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#C596BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596BF

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596BF	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C999A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.079 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5d2',
    500: '#c596bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596bf;
$custom-light: #d7b5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.66,
    "s": 28.834,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73029,
    "c": 0.07873,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596BF

secondary

#D4E3D6

accent

#A74B3E

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF6F9

border

#D3D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#838082

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596BF

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

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