#C596E4#C596E4

#C596E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.120 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596E4
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 228)
HSL	hsl(276, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(276, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 34.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 31.79, -32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 45.69, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0791 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.12 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9335, 39.2851, 78.4414)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596E4 #B5E496

analogous

#9E96E4 #C596E4 #E496DC

triadic

#C596E4 #E4C596 #96E4C5

tetradic

#C596E4 #E49E96 #B5E496 #96DCE4

square

#C596E4 #E49E96 #B5E496 #96DCE4

split-complementary

#C596E4 #DCE496 #96E49E

monochromatic

#8F35CB #AA65D7 #C596E4 #E0C7F1 #F2E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C596E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#C596E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596E4

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596E4	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.120 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5ec',
    500: '#c596e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596e4;
$custom-light: #d7b5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.154,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74503,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596E4

secondary

#E3F0DB

accent

#C71F62

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596E4

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

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