#C596F9#C596F9

#C596F9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.146 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596F9
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 249)
HSL	hsl(268, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(268, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 39.8%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, 36.37, -42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 56.27, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% 0.0836 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.146 305)
XYZ	xyz(51.0277, 40.5228, 94.7376)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596F9 #CAF996

analogous

#9698F9 #C596F9 #F796F9

triadic

#C596F9 #F9C596 #96F9C5

tetradic

#C596F9 #F99698 #CAF996 #96F9F7

square

#C596F9 #F99698 #CAF996 #96F9F7

split-complementary

#C596F9 #F9F796 #98F996

monochromatic

#8522F2 #A55CF6 #C596F9 #E5D0FC #EFE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C596F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C596F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596F9

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596F9	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA9FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89ABF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.146 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b5fb',
    500: '#c596f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596f9;
$custom-light: #d8b5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.485,
    "s": 89.189,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75462,
    "c": 0.1457,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.40523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596F9

secondary

#E6F5D6

accent

#E60079

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596F9

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

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