#C256BD#C256BD

#C256BD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.185 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C256BD
RGB	rgb(194, 86, 189)
HSL	hsl(303, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(303, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 2.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 56.64, -34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 66.29, 328.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% 0.1594 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.185 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7609, 21.8012, 50.5114)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C256BD #56C25B

analogous

#9156C2 #C256BD #C25687

triadic

#C256BD #BDC256 #56BDC2

tetradic

#C256BD #C29156 #56C25B #5687C2

square

#C256BD #C29156 #56C25B #5687C2

split-complementary

#C256BD #87C256 #56C291

monochromatic

#742A70 #A13A9C #C256BD #D283CF #E2B0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#C256BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#C256BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C256BD

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C256BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C256BD	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E77C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c256bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 86, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.185 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78bd1',
    500: '#c256bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c256bd;
$custom-light: #d78bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c256bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.778,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62553,
    "c": 0.18532,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C256BD

secondary

#A3D1A5

accent

#D75751

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C256BD

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

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