#C956E1#C956E1

#C956E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.221 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C956E1
RGB	rgb(201, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(290, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(290, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 64.89, -50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 82.23, 322.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.17 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.221 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0042, 24.5113, 73.7908)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C956E1 #6EE156

analogous

#8356E1 #C956E1 #E156B3

triadic

#C956E1 #E1C956 #56E1C9

tetradic

#C956E1 #E18356 #6EE156 #56B3E1

square

#C956E1 #E18356 #6EE156 #56B3E1

split-complementary

#C956E1 #B3E156 #56E183

monochromatic

#891CA0 #B626D4 #C956E1 #DA8AEA #EABEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#C956E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#C956E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C956E1

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C956E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C956E1	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3380E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c956e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.221 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8ceb',
    500: '#c956e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c956e1;
$custom-light: #dd8ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c956e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.64,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65366,
    "c": 0.22077,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C956E1

secondary

#B8E4AF

accent

#D21435

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C956E1

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

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