#C256D5#C256D5

#C256D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.207 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C256D5
RGB	rgb(194, 86, 213)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(291, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 59.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 60.96, -46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 76.56, 322.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.1615 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.207 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5848, 22.9308, 65.3842)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C256D5 #69D556

analogous

#8256D5 #C256D5 #D556A8

triadic

#C256D5 #D5C256 #56D5C2

tetradic

#C256D5 #D58256 #69D556 #56A8D5

square

#C256D5 #D58256 #69D556 #56A8D5

split-complementary

#C256D5 #A8D556 #56D582

monochromatic

#7E238D #A92FBE #C256D5 #D487E1 #E5B8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C256D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C256D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C256D5

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C256D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C256D5	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B7CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6488D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4698E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c256d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 86, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.207 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ce2',
    500: '#c256d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c256d5;
$custom-light: #d78ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c256d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.024,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63805,
    "c": 0.20661,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C256D5

secondary

#B2DDAA

accent

#E3445C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C256D5

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

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