#C956CE#C956CE

#C956CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.204 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C956CE
RGB	rgb(201, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(298, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(298, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 61.44, -41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 74.03, 326.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% 0.169 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.204 326)
XYZ	xyz(38.5550, 23.5316, 60.8918)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C956CE #5BCE56

analogous

#8D56CE #C956CE #CE5697

triadic

#C956CE #CEC956 #56CEC9

tetradic

#C956CE #CE8D56 #5BCE56 #5697CE

square

#C956CE #CE8D56 #5BCE56 #5697CE

split-complementary

#C956CE #97CE56 #56CE8D

monochromatic

#802683 #AE34B3 #C956CE #D885DC #E7B5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C956CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#C956CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C956CE

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C956CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C956CE	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#467CD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE668A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c956ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.204 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8cdd',
    500: '#c956ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c956ce;
$custom-light: #dc8cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c956ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64336,
    "c": 0.20395,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.23529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C956CE

secondary

#AAD8A8

accent

#DE4950

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C956CE

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

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