#C596EA#C596EA

#C596EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.127 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596EA
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 234)
HSL	hsl(274, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(274, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 35.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 33.07, -35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 48.69, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.0805 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.127 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7809, 39.6241, 82.9044)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596EA #BBEA96

analogous

#9B96EA #C596EA #EA96E5

triadic

#C596EA #EAC596 #96EAC5

tetradic

#C596EA #EA9B96 #BBEA96 #96E5EA

square

#C596EA #EA9B96 #BBEA96 #96E5EA

split-complementary

#C596EA #E5EA96 #96EA9B

monochromatic

#8D30D6 #A963E0 #C596EA #E1C9F4 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C596EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C596EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596EA

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596EA	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.127 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5f1',
    500: '#c596ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596ea;
$custom-light: #d7b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.571,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74768,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596EA

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CF1768

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596EA

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

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