#C596DD#C596DD

#C596DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.112 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596DD
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 221)
HSL	hsl(280, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 32.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 30.33, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 42.23, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% 0.0774 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.112 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9814, 38.9043, 73.4269)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596DD #AEDD96

analogous

#A196DD #C596DD #DD96D2

triadic

#C596DD #DDC596 #96DDC5

tetradic

#C596DD #DDA196 #AEDD96 #96D2DD

square

#C596DD #DDA196 #AEDD96 #96D2DD

split-complementary

#C596DD #D2DD96 #96DDA1

monochromatic

#913DBC #AB68CE #C596DD #DFC4EC #F2E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C596DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C596DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596DD

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596DD	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39FB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.112 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5e7',
    500: '#c596dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596dd;
$custom-light: #d7b5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.718,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74202,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596DD

secondary

#E3EFDC

accent

#BE275A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596DD

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

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