#C256CB#C256CB

#C256CB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.198 H 324.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C256CB
RGB	rgb(194, 86, 203)
HSL	hsl(295, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(295, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 57.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, 59.11, -41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 72.19, 324.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.1609 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.198 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3545, 22.4387, 58.9045)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C256CB #5FCB56

analogous

#8856CB #C256CB #CB569A

triadic

#C256CB #CBC256 #56CBC2

tetradic

#C256CB #CB8856 #5FCB56 #569ACB

square

#C256CB #CB8856 #5FCB56 #569ACB

split-complementary

#C256CB #9ACB56 #56CB88

monochromatic

#79277F #A536AE #C256CB #D385D9 #E4B4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#C256CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#C256CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C256CB

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C256CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C256CB	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#447ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6987C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c256cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 86, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.198 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78bdb',
    500: '#c256cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c256cb;
$custom-light: #d78bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c256cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63266,
    "c": 0.19756,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C256CB

secondary

#AAD6A6

accent

#DC4B57

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C256CB

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

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