#C596CC#C596CC

#C596CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.092 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596CC
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(292, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(292, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 26.91, -20.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 34.10, 322.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0727 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.092 322)
XYZ	xyz(44.8300, 38.0437, 62.0967)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596CC #9DCC96

analogous

#AA96CC #C596CC #CC96B8

triadic

#C596CC #CCC596 #96CCC5

tetradic

#C596CC #CCAA96 #9DCC96 #96B8CC

square

#C596CC #CCAA96 #9DCC96 #96B8CC

split-complementary

#C596CC #B8CC96 #96CCAA

monochromatic

#914C9C #AE6DB8 #C596CC #DCBFE0 #F3E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C596CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C596CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596CC

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596CC	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.092 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5db',
    500: '#c596cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596cc;
$custom-light: #d7b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.222,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73515,
    "c": 0.09221,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.38043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596CC

secondary

#D9E7D7

accent

#AD3847

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596CC

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

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