#C256B3#C256B3

#C256B3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.177 H 333.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C256B3
RGB	rgb(194, 86, 179)
HSL	hsl(308, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(308, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 7.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 54.95, -29.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 62.30, 331.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% 0.1579 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.177 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7126, 21.3819, 44.9906)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C256B3 #56C265

analogous

#9B56C2 #C256B3 #C2567D

triadic

#C256B3 #B3C256 #56B3C2

tetradic

#C256B3 #C29B56 #56C265 #567DC2

square

#C256B3 #C29B56 #56C265 #567DC2

split-complementary

#C256B3 #7DC256 #56C29B

monochromatic

#742A6A #A13A93 #C256B3 #D283C7 #E2B0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#C256B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#C256B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C256B3

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C256B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C256B3	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5476B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7485B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c256b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 86, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.177 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78bca',
    500: '#c256b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c256b3;
$custom-light: #d78bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c256b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.333,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62075,
    "c": 0.17701,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C256B3

secondary

#A3D1A9

accent

#D76451

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F8

border

#D4CBD1

text

#150C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C256B3

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

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