#C596E2#C596E2

#C596E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.118 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596E2
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 226)
HSL	hsl(277, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(277, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 33.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 31.37, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 44.70, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.0787 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.118 312)
XYZ	xyz(47.6574, 39.1747, 76.9877)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596E2 #B3E296

analogous

#9F96E2 #C596E2 #E296D9

triadic

#C596E2 #E2C596 #96E2C5

tetradic

#C596E2 #E29F96 #B3E296 #96D9E2

square

#C596E2 #E29F96 #B3E296 #96D9E2

split-complementary

#C596E2 #D9E296 #96E29F

monochromatic

#9037C7 #AB66D5 #C596E2 #DFC6EF #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C596E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C596E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596E2

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596E2	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.118 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5eb',
    500: '#c596e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596e2;
$custom-light: #d7b5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.105,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74416,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.39174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596E2

secondary

#E3F0DB

accent

#C4215F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596E2

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

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