#C596DE#C596DE

#C596DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.113 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596DE
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 222)
HSL	hsl(279, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(279, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 32.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 30.53, -29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 42.72, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.0777 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.113 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1150, 38.9577, 74.1307)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596DE #AFDE96

analogous

#A196DE #C596DE #DE96D3

triadic

#C596DE #DEC596 #96DEC5

tetradic

#C596DE #DEA196 #AFDE96 #96D3DE

square

#C596DE #DEA196 #AFDE96 #96D3DE

split-complementary

#C596DE #D3DE96 #96DEA1

monochromatic

#913CBE #AB67CF #C596DE #DFC5ED #F2E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C596DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#C596DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596DE

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596DE	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39FB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.113 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5e8',
    500: '#c596de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596de;
$custom-light: #d7b5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.167,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74245,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596DE

secondary

#E3EFDC

accent

#C0265B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596DE

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

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