#C595EB

sRGB: 197 / 149 / 235

#C595EB belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 197 red, 149 green and 235 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 273.5° lands in the violet region. Its 68.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 75.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (8.87:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 197, 149, 235
HSL: 273.49°, 68.25%, 75.29%
HSV / HSB: 273.49°, 36.60%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 16.17%, 36.60%, 0.00%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 48.766, 39.364, 83.629
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 69.014, 33.842, -36.570
WCAG relative luminance: 0.39363
24-bit decimal: 12948971

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #C595EB in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 8.87:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.37:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BBEB95 sits half a turn (180°) from #C595EB on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#C595EB #BBEB95

Analogous

#9A95EB and #EB95E6 sit 30° to either side of #C595EB. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#9A95EB #C595EB #EB95E6

Triadic

#C595EB, #EBC595 and #95EBC5 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C595EB #EBC595 #95EBC5

Split complementary

Start at #C595EB and look across the wheel. #E6EB95 and #95EB9A sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C595EB #E6EB95 #95EB9A

Square

Starting with #C595EB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EB9A95, #BBEB95, then #95E6EB. Across the square, #C595EB pairs with #BBEB95, and #EB9A95 with #95E6EB.

#C595EB #EB9A95 #BBEB95 #95E6EB

Tetradic

#C595EB and #BBEB95 are opposites, as are #EB95BB and #95EBC5. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C595EB #EB95BB #BBEB95 #95EBC5

Tints

Mixing #C595EB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D1AAEF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F3EAFB, the mixture is 80% white.

#C595EB #D1AAEF #DCBFF3 #E8D5F7 #F3EAFB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C595EB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9E77BC, keeps 80% of the original. By #271E2F, the mixture is 80% black.

#C595EB #9E77BC #76598D #4F3C5E #271E2F #000000

Tones

Mixing #C595EB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B791D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #8E8495, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C595EB #B791D6 #A98DC0 #9C88AB #8E8495 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#C595EB

RGB

rgb(197 149 235)

HSL

hsl(273.488 68.254% 75.294%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C595EB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C595EB uses 197 red, 149 green and 235 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 77.3%

Green 58.4%

Blue 92.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C595EB is 16.2% cyan, 36.6% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 16.2%

Magenta 36.6%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC99EE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C9E in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C595EB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC99EE Nearest web-safe: #CC99FF

Gradient to complement

#C595EB #C3A3DD #C2B2CE #C0C0C0 #BECEB2 #BDDDA3 #BBEB95

Color vision previews

Compare how #C595EB appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#84A6EE

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#8FA9E9

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C0A1B5

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9FA1EC

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A2A3EA

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C29AD9

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#A8A8A8

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B79FCD

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.55834 G 0.30054 B 0.83077

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.74358 G 0.59184 B 0.90016

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.51257 G 0.30910 B 0.78773

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.284 y 0.229 Y 39.364

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 22.745 M % 41.569 Y % 7.843

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11000101 10010101 11101011