#C96DE4#C96DE4

#C96DE4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.190 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96DE4
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 228)
HSL	hsl(286, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(286, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 52.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, 54.69, -45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 71.22, 320.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% 0.1414 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.19 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.5577, 28.9578, 76.6787)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96DE4 #88E46D

analogous

#8D6DE4 #C96DE4 #E46DC3

triadic

#C96DE4 #E4C96D #6DE4C9

tetradic

#C96DE4 #E48D6D #88E46D #6DC3E4

square

#C96DE4 #E48D6D #88E46D #6DC3E4

split-complementary

#C96DE4 #C3E46D #6DE48D

monochromatic

#9421B5 #B639DA #C96DE4 #DCA1EE #EFD4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#C96DE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#C96DE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96DE4

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96DE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96DE4	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#558CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7296E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96de4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.190 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9aed',
    500: '#c96de4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96de4;
$custom-light: #dc9aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96de4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.387,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68448,
    "c": 0.18992,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96DE4

secondary

#CCEAC3

accent

#D1153F

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96DE4

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

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