#C156E7#C156E7

#C156E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.223 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C156E7
RGB	rgb(193, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(284, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(284, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 64.18, -55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 84.61, 319.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% 0.1606 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.223 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7417, 23.7640, 78.0793)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C156E7 #7CE756

analogous

#7956E7 #C156E7 #E756C5

triadic

#C156E7 #E7C156 #56E7C1

tetradic

#C156E7 #E77956 #7CE756 #56C5E7

square

#C156E7 #E77956 #7CE756 #56C5E7

split-complementary

#C156E7 #C5E756 #56E779

monochromatic

#8418AA #AD20DF #C156E7 #D58CEF #E8C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C156E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C156E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C156E7

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C156E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C156E7	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217FEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5689E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c156e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.223 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78cef',
    500: '#c156e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c156e7;
$custom-light: #d78cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c156e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.276,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64711,
    "c": 0.22294,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C156E7

secondary

#C0E7B2

accent

#D70E43

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C156E7

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

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