#C596F3#C596F3

#C596F3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.138 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596F3
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 243)
HSL	hsl(270, 79%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(270, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 38.3%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 35.04, -40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 53.23, 311.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0825 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.138 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1068, 40.1544, 89.8875)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596F3 #C4F396

analogous

#9796F3 #C596F3 #F396F2

triadic

#C596F3 #F3C596 #96F3C5

tetradic

#C596F3 #F39796 #C4F396 #96F2F3

square

#C596F3 #F39796 #C4F396 #96F2F3

split-complementary

#C596F3 #F2F396 #96F397

monochromatic

#8828E6 #A75FED #C596F3 #E3CDF9 #F0E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C596F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C596F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596F3

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596F3	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A8F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CAAF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.138 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b5f7',
    500: '#c596f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596f3;
$custom-light: #d8b5f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.323,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75179,
    "c": 0.13832,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596F3

secondary

#E5F4D7

accent

#DC0A72

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596F3

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

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