#C596EB#C596EB

#C596EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.129 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596EB
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 235)
HSL	hsl(273, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(273, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 36.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 33.29, -36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 49.19, 312.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% 0.0808 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.129 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.9249, 39.6817, 83.6631)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596EB #BCEB96

analogous

#9A96EB #C596EB #EB96E7

triadic

#C596EB #EBC596 #96EBC5

tetradic

#C596EB #EB9A96 #BCEB96 #96E7EB

square

#C596EB #EB9A96 #BCEB96 #96E7EB

split-complementary

#C596EB #E7EB96 #96EB9A

monochromatic

#8C2FD7 #A963E1 #C596EB #E1C9F5 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C596EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C596EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596EB

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596EB	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.129 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5f1',
    500: '#c596eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596eb;
$custom-light: #d7b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.176,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74813,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596EB

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D01669

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596EB

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

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