#C596DC#C596DC

#C596DC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.111 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596DC
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 220)
HSL	hsl(280, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 31.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 30.12, -28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 41.74, 316.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% 0.0772 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.111 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8485, 38.8511, 72.7273)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596DC #ADDC96

analogous

#A296DC #C596DC #DC96D0

triadic

#C596DC #DCC596 #96DCC5

tetradic

#C596DC #DCA296 #ADDC96 #96D0DC

square

#C596DC #DCA296 #ADDC96 #96D0DC

split-complementary

#C596DC #D0DC96 #96DCA2

monochromatic

#913EBA #AC68CD #C596DC #DEC4EB #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C596DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C596DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596DC

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596DC	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49FAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.111 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5e7',
    500: '#c596dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596dc;
$custom-light: #d7b5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.286,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7416,
    "c": 0.1105,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596DC

secondary

#E2EEDD

accent

#BD2859

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596DC

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

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