#C256CE#C256CE

#C256CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.200 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C256CE
RGB	rgb(194, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(294, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, 59.66, -42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 73.49, 324.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.1611 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.2 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7155, 22.5831, 60.8056)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C256CE #62CE56

analogous

#8656CE #C256CE #CE569E

triadic

#C256CE #CEC256 #56CEC2

tetradic

#C256CE #CE8656 #62CE56 #569ECE

square

#C256CE #CE8656 #62CE56 #569ECE

split-complementary

#C256CE #9ECE56 #56CE86

monochromatic

#7A2683 #A634B3 #C256CE #D385DC #E4B5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C256CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#C256CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C256CE

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C256CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C256CE	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#417AD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6887CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5678A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c256ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.200 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78bdd',
    500: '#c256ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c256ce;
$custom-light: #d78bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c256ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63425,
    "c": 0.20025,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C256CE

secondary

#ACD8A8

accent

#DE4958

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C256CE

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

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