#C156E4#C156E4

#C156E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.220 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C156E4
RGB	rgb(193, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(285, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 63.59, -53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 83.25, 319.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.1606 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.22 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3216, 23.5960, 75.8669)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C156E4 #79E456

analogous

#7A56E4 #C156E4 #E456C0

triadic

#C156E4 #E4C156 #56E4C1

tetradic

#C156E4 #E47A56 #79E456 #56C0E4

square

#C156E4 #E47A56 #79E456 #56C0E4

split-complementary

#C156E4 #C0E456 #56E47A

monochromatic

#831AA5 #AD23DA #C156E4 #D48BEC #E8C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#C156E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#C156E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C156E4

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C156E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C156E4	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5989E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c156e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.220 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ced',
    500: '#c156e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c156e4;
$custom-light: #d78ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c156e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.211,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64533,
    "c": 0.2201,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C156E4

secondary

#BEE5B0

accent

#D51141

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C156E4

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

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