#C596DF#C596DF

#C596DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.114 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596DF
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 223)
HSL	hsl(279, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(279, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 32.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, 30.74, -30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 43.21, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% 0.0779 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.114 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2494, 39.0115, 74.8386)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596DF #B0DF96

analogous

#A096DF #C596DF #DF96D4

triadic

#C596DF #DFC596 #96DFC5

tetradic

#C596DF #DFA096 #B0DF96 #96D4DF

square

#C596DF #DFA096 #B0DF96 #96D4DF

split-complementary

#C596DF #D4DF96 #96DFA0

monochromatic

#913BC0 #AB67D1 #C596DF #DFC5ED #F2E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C596DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C596DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596DF

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596DF	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA5E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39FB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.114 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5e9',
    500: '#c596df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596df;
$custom-light: #d7b5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.63,
    "s": 53.285,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74287,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596DF

secondary

#E3EFDC

accent

#C1255C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596DF

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

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