#C956E9#C956E9

#C956E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.228 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C956E9
RGB	rgb(201, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(287, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(287, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, 66.40, -54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 85.78, 320.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.17 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.228 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1211, 24.9581, 79.6736)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C956E9 #76E956

analogous

#8056E9 #C956E9 #E956BF

triadic

#C956E9 #E9C956 #56E9C9

tetradic

#C956E9 #E98056 #76E956 #56BFE9

square

#C956E9 #E98056 #76E956 #56BFE9

split-complementary

#C956E9 #BFE956 #56E980

monochromatic

#8D17AE #B820E2 #C956E9 #DA8CF0 #ECC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#C956E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#C956E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C956E9

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C956E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C956E9	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2781ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c956e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.228 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8df1',
    500: '#c956e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c956e9;
$custom-light: #dd8df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c956e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.939,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65825,
    "c": 0.22803,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C956E9

secondary

#BEE8B3

accent

#D90C39

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#847E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C956E9

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

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