#C156E2#C156E2

#C156E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.218 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C156E2
RGB	rgb(193, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(286, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(286, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, 63.20, -52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 82.34, 320.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.1607 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.218 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0456, 23.4856, 74.4132)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C156E2 #77E256

analogous

#7B56E2 #C156E2 #E256BD

triadic

#C156E2 #E2C156 #56E2C1

tetradic

#C156E2 #E27B56 #77E256 #56BDE2

square

#C156E2 #E27B56 #77E256 #56BDE2

split-complementary

#C156E2 #BDE256 #56E27B

monochromatic

#821CA2 #AC25D6 #C156E2 #D48AEB #E7BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#C156E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#C156E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C156E2

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C156E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C156E2	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A88DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c156e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.218 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78cec',
    500: '#c156e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c156e2;
$custom-light: #d78cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c156e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.857,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64416,
    "c": 0.21823,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C156E2

secondary

#BCE4B0

accent

#D31340

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C156E2

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

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