#C596CD#C596CD

#C596CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.093 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596CD
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(291, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 27.11, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 34.56, 321.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.073 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.093 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9504, 38.0919, 62.7303)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596CD #9ECD96

analogous

#AA96CD #C596CD #CD96BA

triadic

#C596CD #CDC596 #96CDC5

tetradic

#C596CD #CDAA96 #9ECD96 #96BACD

square

#C596CD #CDAA96 #9ECD96 #96BACD

split-complementary

#C596CD #BACD96 #96CDAA

monochromatic

#924B9E #AE6DB9 #C596CD #DCBFE1 #F3E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C596CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C596CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596CD

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596CD	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.093 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5dc',
    500: '#c596cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596cd;
$custom-light: #d7b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.273,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73554,
    "c": 0.09331,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596CD

secondary

#DAE7D8

accent

#AE3748

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596CD

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

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