#C956E7#C956E7

#C956E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.226 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C956E7
RGB	rgb(201, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(288, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, 66.02, -53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 84.89, 321.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% 0.1701 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.226 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8371, 24.8444, 78.1775)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C956E7 #74E756

analogous

#8056E7 #C956E7 #E756BD

triadic

#C956E7 #E7C956 #56E7C9

tetradic

#C956E7 #E78056 #74E756 #56BDE7

square

#C956E7 #E78056 #74E756 #56BDE7

split-complementary

#C956E7 #BDE756 #56E780

monochromatic

#8C18AA #B820DF #C956E7 #DA8CEF #EBC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#C956E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#C956E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C956E7

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C956E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C956E7	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A81EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c956e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.226 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8def',
    500: '#c956e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c956e7;
$custom-light: #dd8def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c956e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.586,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65709,
    "c": 0.22621,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C956E7

secondary

#BDE7B2

accent

#D70E38

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C956E7

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

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