#C596F8#C596F8

#C596F8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.144 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596F8
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 248)
HSL	hsl(269, 88%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(269, 40%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 39.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 36.15, -42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 55.76, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.0834 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.144 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.8721, 40.4606, 93.9184)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596F8 #C9F896

analogous

#9698F8 #C596F8 #F696F8

triadic

#C596F8 #F8C596 #96F8C5

tetradic

#C596F8 #F89698 #C9F896 #96F8F6

square

#C596F8 #F89698 #C9F896 #96F8F6

split-complementary

#C596F8 #F8F696 #98F896

monochromatic

#8623F0 #A55DF4 #C596F8 #E5CFFC #EFE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C596F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#C596F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596F8

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596F8	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA9FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AABF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.144 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b5fb',
    500: '#c596f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596f8;
$custom-light: #d8b5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.776,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75414,
    "c": 0.14447,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596F8

secondary

#E6F5D6

accent

#E40177

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596F8

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

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