#C953E5#C953E5

#C953E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.228 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C953E5
RGB	rgb(201, 83, 229)
HSL	hsl(288, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(288, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 63.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 66.92, -53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 85.46, 321.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.1734 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.228 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3217, 24.2630, 76.6202)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C953E5 #6FE553

analogous

#8053E5 #C953E5 #E553B8

triadic

#C953E5 #E5C953 #53E5C9

tetradic

#C953E5 #E58053 #6FE553 #53B8E5

square

#C953E5 #E58053 #6FE553 #53B8E5

split-complementary

#C953E5 #B8E553 #53E580

monochromatic

#8A19A5 #B621DA #C953E5 #DA88ED #EABDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C953E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#C953E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C953E5

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C953E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C953E5	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c953e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 83, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.228 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8bee',
    500: '#c953e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c953e5;
$custom-light: #dd8bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c953e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.493,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65259,
    "c": 0.22836,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C953E5

secondary

#B9E5AE

accent

#D61036

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C953E5

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

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