#C256CD#C256CD

#C256CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.199 H 323.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C256CD
RGB	rgb(194, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(294, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(294, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, 59.48, -42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 73.05, 324.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.161 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.199 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5944, 22.5347, 60.1679)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C256CD #61CD56

analogous

#8756CD #C256CD #CD569C

triadic

#C256CD #CDC256 #56CDC2

tetradic

#C256CD #CD8756 #61CD56 #569CCD

square

#C256CD #CD8756 #61CD56 #569CCD

split-complementary

#C256CD #9CCD56 #56CD87

monochromatic

#7A2682 #A634B1 #C256CD #D385DB #E4B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C256CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#C256CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C256CD

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C256CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C256CD	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#427AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6887CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5678A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c256cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.199 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78bdd',
    500: '#c256cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c256cd;
$custom-light: #d78bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c256cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.454,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63371,
    "c": 0.19935,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C256CD

secondary

#ACD8A7

accent

#DE4A58

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C256CD

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

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