#C156E8#C156E8

#C156E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.224 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C156E8
RGB	rgb(193, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(284, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(284, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 64.38, -55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 85.07, 319.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% 0.1606 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.224 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8833, 23.8207, 78.8252)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C156E8 #7DE856

analogous

#7856E8 #C156E8 #E856C6

triadic

#C156E8 #E8C156 #56E8C1

tetradic

#C156E8 #E87856 #7DE856 #56C6E8

square

#C156E8 #E87856 #7DE856 #56C6E8

split-complementary

#C156E8 #C6E856 #56E878

monochromatic

#8417AC #AD20E1 #C156E8 #D58CEF #E9C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#C156E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#C156E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C156E8

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C156E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C156E8	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F80EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5689E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c156e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.224 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78cf0',
    500: '#c156e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c156e8;
$custom-light: #d78cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c156e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.973,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6477,
    "c": 0.22387,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C156E8

secondary

#C0E8B2

accent

#D80D43

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C156E8

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

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