#C96AFE#C96AFE

#C96AFE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.221 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96AFE
RGB	rgb(201, 106, 254)
HSL	hsl(279, 99%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(279, 58%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 58.3%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, 61.47, -58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 85.03, 316.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% 0.1466 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.221 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1276, 29.8824, 97.0320)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96AFE #9FFE6A

analogous

#7F6AFE #C96AFE #FE6AE9

triadic

#C96AFE #FEC96A #6AFEC9

tetradic

#C96AFE #FE7F6A #9FFE6A #6AE9FE

square

#C96AFE #FE7F6A #9FFE6A #6AE9FE

split-complementary

#C96AFE #E9FE6A #6AFE7F

monochromatic

#9802EC #B32DFE #C96AFE #DFA7FE #F4E1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C96AFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#C96AFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96AFE

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96AFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96AFE	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3790FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E97FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C385AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96afe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 106, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.221 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd99ff',
    500: '#c96afe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96afe;
$custom-light: #dd99ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96afe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.514,
    "s": 98.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6948,
    "c": 0.22077,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96AFE

secondary

#DCF6CE

accent

#E60052

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF2FF

border

#D4CCD7

text

#150E18

muted

#837E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96AFE

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

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