#C596E9#C596E9

#C596E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.126 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596E9
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 233)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(274, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 35.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 32.86, -35.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 48.19, 312.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% 0.0803 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.126 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6376, 39.5668, 82.1499)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596E9 #BAE996

analogous

#9C96E9 #C596E9 #E996E3

triadic

#C596E9 #E9C596 #96E9C5

tetradic

#C596E9 #E99C96 #BAE996 #96E3E9

square

#C596E9 #E99C96 #BAE996 #96E3E9

split-complementary

#C596E9 #E3E996 #96E99C

monochromatic

#8D31D4 #A963DE #C596E9 #E1C9F4 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C596E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C596E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596E9

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596E9	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.126 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5f0',
    500: '#c596e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596e9;
$custom-light: #d7b5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.976,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74723,
    "c": 0.12609,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596E9

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CD1867

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596E9

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

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