#C596D5#C596D5

#C596D5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.102 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596D5
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 213)
HSL	hsl(285, 43%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(285, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 29.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 28.69, -25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 38.34, 318.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0753 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.102 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9408, 38.4881, 67.9467)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596D5 #A6D596

analogous

#A596D5 #C596D5 #D596C5

triadic

#C596D5 #D5C596 #96D5C5

tetradic

#C596D5 #D5A596 #A6D596 #96C5D5

square

#C596D5 #D5A596 #A6D596 #96C5D5

split-complementary

#C596D5 #C5D596 #96D5A5

monochromatic

#9245AC #AD6AC4 #C596D5 #DDC2E6 #F3E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C596D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C596D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596D5

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596D5	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA4D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59DAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.102 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5e2',
    500: '#c596d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596d5;
$custom-light: #d7b5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.762,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73871,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596D5

secondary

#DFECDB

accent

#B63052

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596D5

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

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