#C596CE#C596CE

#C596CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.094 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596CE
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 206)
HSL	hsl(290, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(290, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 27.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, 27.30, -21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 35.02, 321.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0733 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.094 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0714, 38.1403, 63.3681)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596CE #9FCE96

analogous

#A996CE #C596CE #CE96BB

triadic

#C596CE #CEC596 #96CEC5

tetradic

#C596CE #CEA996 #9FCE96 #96BBCE

square

#C596CE #CEA996 #9FCE96 #96BBCE

split-complementary

#C596CE #BBCE96 #96CEA9

monochromatic

#924A9F #AE6CBB #C596CE #DCC0E1 #F3E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C596CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#C596CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596CE

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596CE	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69CAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.094 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5dd',
    500: '#c596ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596ce;
$custom-light: #d7b5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.357,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73593,
    "c": 0.09442,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596CE

secondary

#DBE8D8

accent

#AF364A

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596CE

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

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