#C953E8#C953E8

#C953E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.231 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C953E8
RGB	rgb(201, 83, 232)
HSL	hsl(288, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 64.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 67.49, -54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 86.79, 321.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.1734 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.231 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7442, 24.4320, 78.8453)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C953E8 #72E853

analogous

#7F53E8 #C953E8 #E853BC

triadic

#C953E8 #E8C953 #53E8C9

tetradic

#C953E8 #E87F53 #72E853 #53BCE8

square

#C953E8 #E87F53 #72E853 #53BCE8

split-complementary

#C953E8 #BCE853 #53E87F

monochromatic

#8B17AA #B81EE0 #C953E8 #DA89EF #EBBFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C953E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#C953E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C953E8

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C953E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C953E8	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2080EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c953e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 83, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.231 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8bf0',
    500: '#c953e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c953e8;
$custom-light: #dd8bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c953e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.517,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65434,
    "c": 0.23105,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C953E8

secondary

#BBE7B0

accent

#D90D37

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#847D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C953E8

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

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