#C156E3#C156E3

#C156E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.219 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C156E3
RGB	rgb(193, 86, 227)
HSL	hsl(286, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(286, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 62.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 63.40, -53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 82.79, 319.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.1607 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.219 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1832, 23.5406, 75.1379)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C156E3 #78E356

analogous

#7B56E3 #C156E3 #E356BF

triadic

#C156E3 #E3C156 #56E3C1

tetradic

#C156E3 #E37B56 #78E356 #56BFE3

square

#C156E3 #E37B56 #78E356 #56BFE3

split-complementary

#C156E3 #BFE356 #56E37B

monochromatic

#831BA4 #AD24D8 #C156E3 #D48BEC #E8BFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C156E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#C156E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C156E3

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C156E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C156E3	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5989E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c156e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 86, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.219 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78cec',
    500: '#c156e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c156e3;
$custom-light: #d78cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c156e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.532,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64474,
    "c": 0.21917,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C156E3

secondary

#BDE5B0

accent

#D41241

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C156E3

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

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