#C96BE7#C96BE7

#C96BE7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.196 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96BE7
RGB	rgb(201, 107, 231)
HSL	hsl(285, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(285, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 53.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, 56.28, -47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 73.74, 319.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% 0.1443 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.196 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7668, 28.7040, 78.8208)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96BE7 #89E76B

analogous

#8B6BE7 #C96BE7 #E76BC7

triadic

#C96BE7 #E7C96B #6BE7C9

tetradic

#C96BE7 #E78B6B #89E76B #6BC7E7

square

#C96BE7 #E78B6B #89E76B #6BC7E7

split-complementary

#C96BE7 #C7E76B #6BE78B

monochromatic

#941EBA #B636DE #C96BE7 #DCA0F0 #EFD4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#C96BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#C96BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96BE7

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96BE7	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#508CEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F95E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 107, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.196 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc99ef',
    500: '#c96be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96be7;
$custom-light: #dc99ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.484,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68331,
    "c": 0.19602,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96BE7

secondary

#CCEBC3

accent

#D41140

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96BE7

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

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