#C596DA#C596DA

#C596DA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.108 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596DA
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 218)
HSL	hsl(281, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(281, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 31.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 29.71, -27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 40.76, 316.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0766 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.108 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.5852, 38.7458, 71.3407)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596DA #ABDA96

analogous

#A396DA #C596DA #DA96CD

triadic

#C596DA #DAC596 #96DAC5

tetradic

#C596DA #DAA396 #ABDA96 #96CDDA

square

#C596DA #DAA396 #ABDA96 #96CDDA

split-complementary

#C596DA #CDDA96 #96DAA3

monochromatic

#9140B6 #AC69CA #C596DA #DEC3EA #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C596DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C596DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596DA

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596DA	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49EAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.108 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5e5',
    500: '#c596da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596da;
$custom-light: #d7b5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.471,
    "s": 47.887,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74077,
    "c": 0.10815,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596DA

secondary

#E2EEDD

accent

#BB2A57

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596DA

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

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