#C96AE3#C96AE3

#C96AE3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.194 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96AE3
RGB	rgb(201, 106, 227)
HSL	hsl(287, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(287, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 53.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, 55.98, -46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 72.47, 320.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% 0.1453 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.194 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1047, 28.2733, 75.8449)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96AE3 #84E36A

analogous

#8C6AE3 #C96AE3 #E36AC1

triadic

#C96AE3 #E3C96A #6AE3C9

tetradic

#C96AE3 #E38C6A #84E36A #6AC1E3

square

#C96AE3 #E38C6A #84E36A #6AC1E3

split-complementary

#C96AE3 #C1E36A #6AE38C

monochromatic

#9221B1 #B636D9 #C96AE3 #DC9EED #EED1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#C96AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#C96AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96AE3

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96AE3	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#518BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7094E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 106, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.194 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc98ec',
    500: '#c96ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96ae3;
$custom-light: #dc98ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.107,
    "s": 68.362,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67983,
    "c": 0.19357,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96AE3

secondary

#C9E9C0

accent

#D0153D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96AE3

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

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