#C596CB#C596CB

#C596CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.091 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596CB
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 203)
HSL	hsl(293, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(293, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 26.72, -20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 33.64, 322.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0724 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.091 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7105, 37.9959, 61.4670)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596CB #9CCB96

analogous

#AB96CB #C596CB #CB96B7

triadic

#C596CB #CBC596 #96CBC5

tetradic

#C596CB #CBAB96 #9CCB96 #96B7CB

square

#C596CB #CBAB96 #9CCB96 #96B7CB

split-complementary

#C596CB #B7CB96 #96CBAB

monochromatic

#914C9A #AE6DB7 #C596CB #DCBFDF #F2E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C596CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#C596CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596CB

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596CB	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.091 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5db',
    500: '#c596cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596cb;
$custom-light: #d7b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.208,
    "s": 33.758,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73476,
    "c": 0.09113,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596CB

secondary

#D8E6D7

accent

#AD3946

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596CB

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

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