#C256CA#C256CA

#C256CA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.197 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C256CA
RGB	rgb(194, 86, 202)
HSL	hsl(296, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(296, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 57.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, 58.93, -40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 71.76, 325.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% 0.1608 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.197 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2357, 22.3912, 58.2790)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C256CA #5ECA56

analogous

#8856CA #C256CA #CA5698

triadic

#C256CA #CAC256 #56CAC2

tetradic

#C256CA #CA8856 #5ECA56 #5698CA

square

#C256CA #CA8856 #5ECA56 #5698CA

split-complementary

#C256CA #98CA56 #56CA88

monochromatic

#78287E #A436AD #C256CA #D385D9 #E4B3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#C256CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#C256CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C256CA

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C256CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C256CA	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#457ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A87C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c256ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 86, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.197 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78bda',
    500: '#c256ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c256ca;
$custom-light: #d78bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c256ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.862,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63213,
    "c": 0.19666,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C256CA

secondary

#A9D6A6

accent

#DC4C56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C256CA

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

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