#C956E2#C956E2

#C956E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.222 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C956E2
RGB	rgb(201, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(289, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(289, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, 65.08, -50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 82.67, 321.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.17 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.222 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1410, 24.5660, 74.5114)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C956E2 #6FE256

analogous

#8356E2 #C956E2 #E256B5

triadic

#C956E2 #E2C956 #56E2C9

tetradic

#C956E2 #E28356 #6FE256 #56B5E2

square

#C956E2 #E28356 #6FE256 #56B5E2

split-complementary

#C956E2 #B5E256 #56E283

monochromatic

#8A1CA2 #B625D6 #C956E2 #DA8AEB #EABEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#C956E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#C956E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C956E2

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C956E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C956E2	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3180E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c956e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.222 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8dec',
    500: '#c956e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c956e2;
$custom-light: #dd8dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c956e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65423,
    "c": 0.22168,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C956E2

secondary

#B9E4B0

accent

#D31335

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C956E2

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

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