#C596F2#C596F2

#C596F2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.137 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596F2
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 242)
HSL	hsl(271, 78%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(271, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 38%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 34.82, -39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 52.72, 311.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% 0.0822 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.137 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9562, 40.0942, 89.0944)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596F2 #C3F296

analogous

#9796F2 #C596F2 #F296F1

triadic

#C596F2 #F2C596 #96F2C5

tetradic

#C596F2 #F29796 #C3F296 #96F1F2

square

#C596F2 #F29796 #C3F296 #96F1F2

split-complementary

#C596F2 #F1F296 #96F297

monochromatic

#8929E5 #A760EB #C596F2 #E3CCF9 #F0E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C596F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#C596F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596F2

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596F2	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A8F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DAAEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.137 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b5f6',
    500: '#c596f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596f2;
$custom-light: #d8b5f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.652,
    "s": 77.966,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75133,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596F2

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#DA0B71

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FE

border

#D3D0D6

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596F2

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

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