#C956DD#C956DD

#C956DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.217 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C956DD
RGB	rgb(201, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(291, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(291, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 64.15, -48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 80.48, 322.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% 0.1699 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.217 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4649, 24.2955, 70.9507)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C956DD #6ADD56

analogous

#8556DD #C956DD #DD56AD

triadic

#C956DD #DDC956 #56DDC9

tetradic

#C956DD #DD8556 #6ADD56 #56ADDD

square

#C956DD #DD8556 #6ADD56 #56ADDD

split-complementary

#C956DD #ADDD56 #56DD85

monochromatic

#871F9A #B429CD #C956DD #D989E7 #EABCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#C956DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#C956DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C956DD

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C956DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C956DD	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c956dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.217 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8ce8',
    500: '#c956dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c956dd;
$custom-light: #dd8ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c956dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65142,
    "c": 0.21717,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C956DD

secondary

#B5E1AE

accent

#CE1732

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C956DD

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

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