#C596DB#C596DB

#C596DB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.109 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596DB
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 219)
HSL	hsl(281, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(281, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 31.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 29.91, -28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 41.25, 316.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0.0769 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.109 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7165, 38.7983, 72.0319)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596DB #ACDB96

analogous

#A396DB #C596DB #DB96CE

triadic

#C596DB #DBC596 #96DBC5

tetradic

#C596DB #DBA396 #ACDB96 #96CEDB

square

#C596DB #DBA396 #ACDB96 #96CEDB

split-complementary

#C596DB #CEDB96 #96DBA3

monochromatic

#913FB8 #AC68CB #C596DB #DEC4EB #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C596DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C596DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596DB

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596DB	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49FAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.109 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5e6',
    500: '#c596db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596db;
$custom-light: #d7b5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.87,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74118,
    "c": 0.10932,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596DB

secondary

#E2EEDD

accent

#BC2958

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596DB

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

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