#C596EC#C596EC

#C596EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.130 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596EC
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 236)
HSL	hsl(273, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(273, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 36.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 33.51, -36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 49.69, 312.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.081 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.13 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.0698, 39.7397, 84.4261)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596EC #BDEC96

analogous

#9A96EC #C596EC #EC96E8

triadic

#C596EC #ECC596 #96ECC5

tetradic

#C596EC #EC9A96 #BDEC96 #96E8EC

square

#C596EC #EC9A96 #BDEC96 #96E8EC

split-complementary

#C596EC #E8EC96 #96EC9A

monochromatic

#8C2ED9 #A862E3 #C596EC #E2CAF5 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C596EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C596EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596EC

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596EC	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.130 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b5f2',
    500: '#c596ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596ec;
$custom-light: #d8b5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.791,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74858,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596EC

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D1146A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596EC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →