#C956C8#C956C8

#C956C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.199 H 327.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C956C8
RGB	rgb(201, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(301, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(301, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, 60.39, -38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 71.53, 327.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.1685 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.199 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8400, 23.2456, 57.1261)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C956C8 #56C957

analogous

#9156C9 #C956C8 #C9568F

triadic

#C956C8 #C8C956 #56C8C9

tetradic

#C956C8 #C99156 #56C957 #568FC9

square

#C956C8 #C99156 #56C957 #568FC9

split-complementary

#C956C8 #8FC956 #56C991

monochromatic

#7D287C #AB37AA #C956C8 #D884D7 #E7B3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#C956C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#C956C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C956C8

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C956C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C956C8	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c956c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.199 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8cd9',
    500: '#c956c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c956c8;
$custom-light: #dc8cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c956c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.522,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64028,
    "c": 0.19881,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C956C8

secondary

#A6D5A6

accent

#DB4E4D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C956C8

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

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