#C956E8#C956E8

#C956E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.227 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C956E8
RGB	rgb(201, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(287, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(287, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 66.21, -53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 85.33, 320.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.17 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.227 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9787, 24.9011, 78.9234)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C956E8 #75E856

analogous

#8056E8 #C956E8 #E856BE

triadic

#C956E8 #E8C956 #56E8C9

tetradic

#C956E8 #E88056 #75E856 #56BEE8

square

#C956E8 #E88056 #75E856 #56BEE8

split-complementary

#C956E8 #BEE856 #56E880

monochromatic

#8D17AC #B820E1 #C956E8 #DA8CEF #EBC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#C956E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#C956E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C956E8

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C956E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C956E8	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2881EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c956e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.227 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8df0',
    500: '#c956e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c956e8;
$custom-light: #dd8df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c956e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.26,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65767,
    "c": 0.22712,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C956E8

secondary

#BEE8B2

accent

#D80D38

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#847E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C956E8

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

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