#C597CD#C597CD

#C597CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.092 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C597CD
RGB	rgb(197, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(291, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, 26.55, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 33.90, 321.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0715 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.092 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1106, 38.4124, 62.7838)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C597CD #9FCD97

analogous

#AA97CD #C597CD #CD97BA

triadic

#C597CD #CDC597 #97CDC5

tetradic

#C597CD #CDAA97 #9FCD97 #97BACD

square

#C597CD #CDAA97 #9FCD97 #97BACD

split-complementary

#C597CD #BACD97 #97CDAA

monochromatic

#924C9E #AE6EB9 #C597CD #DCC0E1 #F3EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C597CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#C597CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C597CD

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C597CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C597CD	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79CAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c597cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.092 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b6dc',
    500: '#c597cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c597cd;
$custom-light: #d7b6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c597cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.111,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73734,
    "c": 0.09151,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C597CD

secondary

#DBE8D8

accent

#AE3849

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C597CD

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

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