#C596FA#C596FA

#C596FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.147 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596FA
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 250)
HSL	hsl(268, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(268, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 40%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 36.60, -43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 56.78, 310.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% 0.0838 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.147 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.1841, 40.5854, 95.5612)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596FA #CBFA96

analogous

#9699FA #C596FA #F796FA

triadic

#C596FA #FAC596 #96FAC5

tetradic

#C596FA #FA9699 #CBFA96 #96FAF7

square

#C596FA #FA9699 #CBFA96 #96FAF7

split-complementary

#C596FA #FAF796 #99FA96

monochromatic

#8421F4 #A55CF7 #C596FA #E5D0FD #EFE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C596FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C596FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596FA

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596FA	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA9FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89ABF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.147 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b5fc',
    500: '#c596fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596fa;
$custom-light: #d8b5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.2,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7551,
    "c": 0.14694,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596FA

secondary

#E6F6D5

accent

#E6007A

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596FA

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

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