#C596FF#C596FF

#C596FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.153 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C596FF
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 255)
HSL	hsl(267, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(267, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 41.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 37.73, -45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 59.32, 309.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% 0.0847 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.153 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.9785, 40.9031, 99.7451)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C596FF #D0FF96

analogous

#969CFF #C596FF #F996FF

triadic

#C596FF #FFC596 #96FFC5

tetradic

#C596FF #FF969C #D0FF96 #96FFF9

square

#C596FF #FF969C #D0FF96 #96FFF9

split-complementary

#C596FF #FFF996 #9CFF96

monochromatic

#811CFF #A359FF #C596FF #E7D3FF #EEE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C596FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#C596FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C596FF

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C596FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C596FF	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CAAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86ABFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c596ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.153 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b5ff',
    500: '#c596ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c596ff;
$custom-light: #d8b5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c596ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.857,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75752,
    "c": 0.1531,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C596FF

secondary

#E7F7D4

accent

#E6007F

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #C596FF

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

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