#C956EE#C956EE

#C956EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.233 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C956EE
RGB	rgb(201, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(285, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(285, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 67.36, -56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 88.01, 319.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% 0.17 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.233 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8455, 25.2478, 83.4887)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C956EE #7BEE56

analogous

#7D56EE #C956EE #EE56C7

triadic

#C956EE #EEC956 #56EEC9

tetradic

#C956EE #EE7D56 #7BEE56 #56C7EE

square

#C956EE #EE7D56 #7BEE56 #56C7EE

split-complementary

#C956EE #C7EE56 #56EE7D

monochromatic

#8F12B7 #B71EE8 #C956EE #DB8EF4 #EDC5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#C956EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#C956EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C956EE

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C956EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C956EE	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C82F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#598DEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7729B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c956ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.233 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8df4',
    500: '#c956ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c956ee;
$custom-light: #dd8df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c956ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.395,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66119,
    "c": 0.2326,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C956EE

secondary

#C2EBB5

accent

#DE073C

background

#FEF9FF

surface

#FCF1FE

border

#D5CBD6

text

#160D17

muted

#847E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C956EE

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

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