#C956D8#C956D8

#C956D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.213 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C956D8
RGB	rgb(201, 86, 216)
HSL	hsl(293, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(293, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 60.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, 63.23, -46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 78.30, 323.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% 0.1697 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.213 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8086, 24.0330, 67.4944)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C956D8 #65D856

analogous

#8856D8 #C956D8 #D856A6

triadic

#C956D8 #D8C956 #56D8C9

tetradic

#C956D8 #D88856 #65D856 #56A6D8

square

#C956D8 #D88856 #65D856 #56A6D8

split-complementary

#C956D8 #A6D856 #56D888

monochromatic

#852292 #B22DC4 #C956D8 #D988E3 #E9B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#C956D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#C956D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C956D8

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C956D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C956D8	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D7EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC698F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c956d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 86, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.213 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ce4',
    500: '#c956d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c956d8;
$custom-light: #dc8ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c956d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.077,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64868,
    "c": 0.21271,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C956D8

secondary

#B1DEAB

accent

#E64255

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C956D8

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

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