#C956CD#C956CD

#C956CD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.203 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C956CD
RGB	rgb(201, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(298, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, 61.26, -40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 73.61, 326.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% 0.1689 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.203 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4339, 23.4831, 60.2541)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C956CD #5ACD56

analogous

#8E56CD #C956CD #CD5696

triadic

#C956CD #CDC956 #56CDC9

tetradic

#C956CD #CD8E56 #5ACD56 #5696CD

square

#C956CD #CD8E56 #5ACD56 #5696CD

split-complementary

#C956CD #96CD56 #56CD8E

monochromatic

#7F2682 #AD34B1 #C956CD #D885DB #E7B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#C956CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#C956CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C956CD

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C956CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C956CD	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#467CD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE658A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c956cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.203 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8cdc',
    500: '#c956cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c956cd;
$custom-light: #dc8cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c956cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.983,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64284,
    "c": 0.20309,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C956CD

secondary

#A9D8A7

accent

#DE4A4F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C956CD

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

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