#C596CF#C596CF

#C596CF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.096 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596CF
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 207)
HSL	hsl(289, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(289, 28%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 27.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 27.50, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 35.49, 320.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% 0.0736 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.096 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1933, 38.1891, 64.0099)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596CF #A0CF96

analogous

#A996CF #C596CF #CF96BC

triadic

#C596CF #CFC596 #96CFC5

tetradic

#C596CF #CFA996 #A0CF96 #96BCCF

square

#C596CF #CFA996 #A0CF96 #96BCCF

split-complementary

#C596CF #BCCF96 #96CFA9

monochromatic

#924AA1 #AE6CBC #C596CF #DCC0E2 #F3EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C596CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#C596CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596CF

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596CF	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69CAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.096 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5dd',
    500: '#c596cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596cf;
$custom-light: #d7b5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.474,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73632,
    "c": 0.09553,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596CF

secondary

#DBE8D8

accent

#B0354B

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596CF

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

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