#C956E4#C956E4

#C956E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.223 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C956E4
RGB	rgb(201, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(289, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(289, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, 65.45, -51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 83.56, 321.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.17 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.223 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4170, 24.6764, 75.9651)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C956E4 #71E456

analogous

#8256E4 #C956E4 #E456B8

triadic

#C956E4 #E4C956 #56E4C9

tetradic

#C956E4 #E48256 #71E456 #56B8E4

square

#C956E4 #E48256 #71E456 #56B8E4

split-complementary

#C956E4 #B8E456 #56E482

monochromatic

#8B1AA5 #B723DA #C956E4 #DA8BEC #EBC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#C956E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#C956E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C956E4

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C956E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C956E4	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F80E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c956e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.223 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8ded',
    500: '#c956e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c956e4;
$custom-light: #dd8ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c956e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.592,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65536,
    "c": 0.22348,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C956E4

secondary

#BBE5B0

accent

#D51136

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C956E4

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

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