#C596ED#C596ED

#C596ED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.131 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596ED
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 237)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(272, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 36.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 33.72, -37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 50.20, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% 0.0812 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.131 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2155, 39.7979, 85.1934)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596ED #BEED96

analogous

#9996ED #C596ED #ED96E9

triadic

#C596ED #EDC596 #96EDC5

tetradic

#C596ED #ED9996 #BEED96 #96E9ED

square

#C596ED #ED9996 #BEED96 #96E9ED

split-complementary

#C596ED #E9ED96 #96ED99

monochromatic

#8B2EDB #A862E4 #C596ED #E2CAF6 #F1E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C596ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#C596ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596ED

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596ED	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.131 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b5f3',
    500: '#c596ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596ed;
$custom-light: #d8b5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.414,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74903,
    "c": 0.13096,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596ED

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D3136B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596ED

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

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