#C596EE#C596EE

#C596EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.132 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596EE
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(272, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 37%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 33.94, -37.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 50.70, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% 0.0814 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.132 308)
XYZ	xyz(49.3620, 39.8565, 85.9650)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596EE #BFEE96

analogous

#9996EE #C596EE #EE96EB

triadic

#C596EE #EEC596 #96EEC5

tetradic

#C596EE #EE9996 #BFEE96 #96EBEE

square

#C596EE #EE9996 #BFEE96 #96EBEE

split-complementary

#C596EE #EBEE96 #96EE99

monochromatic

#8B2DDD #A861E5 #C596EE #E2CBF7 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C596EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#C596EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596EE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596EE	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.132 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b5f4',
    500: '#c596ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596ee;
$custom-light: #d8b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.045,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74949,
    "c": 0.13219,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.39856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596EE

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D4116C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596EE

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

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