#C956E6#C956E6

#C956E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.225 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C956E6
RGB	rgb(201, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(288, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 65.83, -52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 84.44, 321.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.17 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.225 319)
XYZ	xyz(41.6962, 24.7881, 77.4358)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C956E6 #73E656

analogous

#8156E6 #C956E6 #E656BB

triadic

#C956E6 #E6C956 #56E6C9

tetradic

#C956E6 #E68156 #73E656 #56BBE6

square

#C956E6 #E68156 #73E656 #56BBE6

split-complementary

#C956E6 #BBE656 #56E681

monochromatic

#8C19A9 #B821DE #C956E6 #DA8BEE #EBC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#C956E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#C956E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C956E6

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C956E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C956E6	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C81EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c956e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.225 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8dee',
    500: '#c956e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c956e6;
$custom-light: #dd8dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c956e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.917,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65651,
    "c": 0.2253,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.24786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C956E6

secondary

#BCE6B1

accent

#D60F37

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C956E6

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

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