#C596EF#C596EF

#C596EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.133 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596EF
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 239)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(272, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 37.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, 34.16, -38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 51.21, 311.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.0816 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.133 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.5093, 39.9155, 86.7409)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596EF #C0EF96

analogous

#9996EF #C596EF #EF96ED

triadic

#C596EF #EFC596 #96EFC5

tetradic

#C596EF #EF9996 #C0EF96 #96EDEF

square

#C596EF #EF9996 #C0EF96 #96EDEF

split-complementary

#C596EF #EDEF96 #96EF99

monochromatic

#8A2CDF #A861E7 #C596EF #E2CBF7 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C596EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#C596EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596EF

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596EF	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.133 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b5f4',
    500: '#c596ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596ef;
$custom-light: #d8b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.685,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74994,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596EF

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D6106D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596EF

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

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