#C596E6#C596E6

#C596E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.122 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596E6
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 230)
HSL	hsl(275, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(275, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 34.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 32.22, -33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 46.69, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0796 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.122 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2127, 39.3968, 79.9121)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596E6 #B7E696

analogous

#9D96E6 #C596E6 #E696DF

triadic

#C596E6 #E6C596 #96E6C5

tetradic

#C596E6 #E69D96 #B7E696 #96DFE6

square

#C596E6 #E69D96 #B7E696 #96DFE6

split-complementary

#C596E6 #DFE696 #96E69D

monochromatic

#8E33CE #AA65DA #C596E6 #E0C7F2 #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C596E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C596E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596E6

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596E6	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.122 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5ee',
    500: '#c596e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596e6;
$custom-light: #d7b5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.25,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7459,
    "c": 0.12246,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596E6

secondary

#E4F0DB

accent

#C91C64

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596E6

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

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