#C96AE7#C96AE7

#C96AE7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.198 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96AE7
RGB	rgb(201, 106, 231)
HSL	hsl(286, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(286, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 54.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, 56.77, -47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 74.31, 319.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% 0.1456 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.198 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6632, 28.4967, 78.7862)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96AE7 #88E76A

analogous

#8A6AE7 #C96AE7 #E76AC6

triadic

#C96AE7 #E7C96A #6AE7C9

tetradic

#C96AE7 #E78A6A #88E76A #6AC6E7

square

#C96AE7 #E78A6A #88E76A #6AC6E7

split-complementary

#C96AE7 #C6E76A #6AE78A

monochromatic

#941EB9 #B635DF #C96AE7 #DC9FEF #EFD3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#C96AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#C96AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96AE7

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96AE7	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E8BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E95E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 106, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.198 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc98ef',
    500: '#c96ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96ae7;
$custom-light: #dc98ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.6,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68195,
    "c": 0.19754,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96AE7

secondary

#CCEBC2

accent

#D41140

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96AE7

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

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