#C256BC#C256BC

#C256BC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.184 H 329.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C256BC
RGB	rgb(194, 86, 188)
HSL	hsl(303, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(303, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 3.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 56.46, -33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 65.88, 328.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% 0.1593 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.184 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6527, 21.7580, 49.9417)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C256BC #56C25C

analogous

#9256C2 #C256BC #C25686

triadic

#C256BC #BCC256 #56BCC2

tetradic

#C256BC #C29256 #56C25C #5686C2

square

#C256BC #C29256 #56C25C #5686C2

split-complementary

#C256BC #86C256 #56C292

monochromatic

#742A70 #A13A9B #C256BC #D283CE #E2B0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#C256BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#C256BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C256BC

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C256BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C256BC	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E77BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c256bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 86, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.184 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78bd0',
    500: '#c256bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c256bc;
$custom-light: #d78bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c256bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.333,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62504,
    "c": 0.18448,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C256BC

secondary

#A3D1A6

accent

#D75951

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C256BC

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

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