#C256BE#C256BE

#C256BE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.186 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C256BE
RGB	rgb(194, 86, 190)
HSL	hsl(302, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(302, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 2.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, 56.81, -34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 66.70, 328.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.1595 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.186 329)
XYZ	xyz(34.8698, 21.8448, 51.0850)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C256BE #56C25A

analogous

#9056C2 #C256BE #C25688

triadic

#C256BE #BEC256 #56BEC2

tetradic

#C256BE #C29056 #56C25A #5688C2

square

#C256BE #C29056 #56C25A #5688C2

split-complementary

#C256BE #88C256 #56C290

monochromatic

#742A71 #A13A9D #C256BE #D283CF #E2B0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#C256BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#C256BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C256BE

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C256BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C256BE	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D77C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c256be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 86, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.186 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78bd2',
    500: '#c256be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c256be;
$custom-light: #d78bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c256be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.222,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62602,
    "c": 0.18618,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.21843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C256BE

secondary

#A3D1A5

accent

#D75651

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C256BE

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

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