#C596F4#C596F4

#C596F4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.140 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596F4
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 244)
HSL	hsl(270, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(270, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 38.5%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 35.26, -40.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 53.73, 311.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.0827 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.14 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.2582, 40.2150, 90.6850)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596F4 #C5F496

analogous

#9696F4 #C596F4 #F496F4

triadic

#C596F4 #F4C596 #96F4C5

tetradic

#C596F4 #F49696 #C5F496 #96F4F4

square

#C596F4 #F49696 #C5F496 #96F4F4

split-complementary

#C596F4 #F4F496 #96F496

monochromatic

#8827E8 #A65FEE #C596F4 #E4CDFA #F0E3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C596F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#C596F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596F4

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596F4	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A8F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CAAF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.140 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b5f8',
    500: '#c596f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596f4;
$custom-light: #d8b5f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 81.034,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75226,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596F4

secondary

#E6F4D7

accent

#DD0873

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596F4

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

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