#C596E7#C596E7

#C596E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.124 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596E7
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 231)
HSL	hsl(275, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(275, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 35.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 32.43, -34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 47.19, 313.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% 0.0798 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.124 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3535, 39.4531, 80.6538)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596E7 #B8E796

analogous

#9D96E7 #C596E7 #E796E1

triadic

#C596E7 #E7C596 #96E7C5

tetradic

#C596E7 #E79D96 #B8E796 #96E1E7

square

#C596E7 #E79D96 #B8E796 #96E1E7

split-complementary

#C596E7 #E1E796 #96E79D

monochromatic

#8E32D0 #A964DC #C596E7 #E1C8F2 #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C596E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#C596E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596E7

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596E7	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.124 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5ef',
    500: '#c596e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596e7;
$custom-light: #d7b5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.815,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74634,
    "c": 0.12367,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596E7

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CB1B65

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596E7

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

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