#C956F5#C956F5

#C956F5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.239 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C956F5
RGB	rgb(201, 86, 245)
HSL	hsl(283, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(283, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 64.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, 68.72, -59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 91.16, 318.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% 0.1698 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.239 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.8940, 25.6672, 89.0106)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C956F5 #82F556

analogous

#7956F5 #C956F5 #F556D2

triadic

#C956F5 #F5C956 #56F5C9

tetradic

#C956F5 #F57956 #82F556 #56D2F5

square

#C956F5 #F57956 #82F556 #56D2F5

split-complementary

#C956F5 #D2F556 #56F579

monochromatic

#920CC5 #B71CF2 #C956F5 #DB90F8 #EECAFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#C956F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#C956F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C956F5

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C956F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C956F5	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0084FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#538EF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6749F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c956f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 86, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.239 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8df9',
    500: '#c956f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c956f5;
$custom-light: #dd8df9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c956f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.396,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66539,
    "c": 0.23905,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C956F5

secondary

#C7EFB8

accent

#E50040

background

#FEF9FF

surface

#FCF1FF

border

#D5CBD7

text

#160D17

muted

#847E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C956F5

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

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