#C596C8#C596C8

#C596C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.088 H 324.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596C8
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(296, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(296, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 26.14, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 32.27, 324.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.0715 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.088 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3564, 37.8543, 59.6024)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596C8 #99C896

analogous

#AC96C8 #C596C8 #C896B2

triadic

#C596C8 #C8C596 #96C8C5

tetradic

#C596C8 #C8AC96 #99C896 #96B2C8

square

#C596C8 #C8AC96 #99C896 #96B2C8

split-complementary

#C596C8 #B2C896 #96C8AC

monochromatic

#914E95 #AF6EB3 #C596C8 #DBBEDD #F1E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C596C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#C596C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596C8

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596C8	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79AA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.088 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5d8',
    500: '#c596c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596c8;
$custom-light: #d7b5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.4,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73362,
    "c": 0.08789,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596C8

secondary

#D6E4D5

accent

#AA3C42

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596C8

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

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