#C956D2#C956D2

#C956D2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.207 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C956D2
RGB	rgb(201, 86, 210)
HSL	hsl(296, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(296, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 59%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 62.15, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 75.72, 325.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.1693 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.207 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0471, 23.7284, 63.4836)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C956D2 #5FD256

analogous

#8B56D2 #C956D2 #D2569D

triadic

#C956D2 #D2C956 #56D2C9

tetradic

#C956D2 #D28B56 #5FD256 #569DD2

square

#C956D2 #D28B56 #5FD256 #569DD2

split-complementary

#C956D2 #9DD256 #56D28B

monochromatic

#822589 #B031B9 #C956D2 #D886DF #E8B7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#C956D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C956D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C956D2

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C956D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C956D2	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#427DD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8BCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD678C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c956d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 86, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.207 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ce0',
    500: '#c956d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c956d2;
$custom-light: #dc8ce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c956d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.645,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64546,
    "c": 0.20743,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C956D2

secondary

#ADDBA9

accent

#E14752

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C956D2

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

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