#C596D2#C596D2

#C596D2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.099 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596D2
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 210)
HSL	hsl(287, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(287, 29%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 28.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, 28.09, -23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 36.91, 319.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% 0.0745 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.099 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5636, 38.3372, 65.9599)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596D2 #A3D296

analogous

#A796D2 #C596D2 #D296C1

triadic

#C596D2 #D2C596 #96D2C5

tetradic

#C596D2 #D2A796 #A3D296 #96C1D2

square

#C596D2 #D2A796 #A3D296 #96C1D2

split-complementary

#C596D2 #C1D296 #96D2A7

monochromatic

#9247A6 #AD6BC0 #C596D2 #DDC1E4 #F3EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C596D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#C596D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596D2

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596D2	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69DAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.099 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5e0',
    500: '#c596d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596d2;
$custom-light: #d7b5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73751,
    "c": 0.09891,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596D2

secondary

#DDEADA

accent

#B3324E

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596D2

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

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