#C156E6#C156E6

#C156E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.222 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C156E6
RGB	rgb(193, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(285, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, 63.99, -54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 84.16, 319.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% 0.1606 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.222 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6009, 23.7077, 77.3376)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C156E6 #7BE656

analogous

#7956E6 #C156E6 #E656C3

triadic

#C156E6 #E6C156 #56E6C1

tetradic

#C156E6 #E67956 #7BE656 #56C3E6

square

#C156E6 #E67956 #7BE656 #56C3E6

split-complementary

#C156E6 #C3E656 #56E679

monochromatic

#8419A9 #AD21DE #C156E6 #D58BEE #E8C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#C156E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#C156E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C156E6

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C156E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C156E6	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5789E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c156e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.222 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78cee',
    500: '#c156e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c156e6;
$custom-light: #d78cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c156e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.583,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64651,
    "c": 0.22199,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C156E6

secondary

#BFE6B1

accent

#D60F42

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C156E6

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

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