#C56AEE#C56AEE

#C56AEE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.203 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56AEE
RGB	rgb(197, 106, 238)
HSL	hsl(281, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(281, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 55.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, 57.17, -52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 77.33, 317.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% 0.1413 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.203 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6101, 28.3527, 84.0477)
Luminance	0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56AEE #93EE6A

analogous

#836AEE #C56AEE #EE6AD5

triadic

#C56AEE #EEC56A #6AEEC5

tetradic

#C56AEE #EE836A #93EE6A #6AD5EE

square

#C56AEE #EE836A #93EE6A #6AD5EE

split-complementary

#C56AEE #D5EE6A #6AEE83

monochromatic

#9017C7 #B033E8 #C56AEE #DAA1F4 #F0D8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#C56AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#C56AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56AEE

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56AEE	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#468CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6693EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C280A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 106, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.203 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d998f4',
    500: '#c56aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56aee;
$custom-light: #d998f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.364,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68113,
    "c": 0.20294,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56AEE

secondary

#D2EFC5

accent

#DC0A4B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56AEE

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

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