#C256D6#C256D6

#C256D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.208 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C256D6
RGB	rgb(194, 86, 214)
HSL	hsl(291, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(291, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 59.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 61.14, -46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 77.00, 322.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.1616 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.208 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7121, 22.9818, 66.0548)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C256D6 #6AD656

analogous

#8256D6 #C256D6 #D656AA

triadic

#C256D6 #D6C256 #56D6C2

tetradic

#C256D6 #D68256 #6AD656 #56AAD6

square

#C256D6 #D68256 #6AD656 #56AAD6

split-complementary

#C256D6 #AAD656 #56D682

monochromatic

#7E238F #A92FC0 #C256D6 #D487E2 #E6B9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C256D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C256D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C256D6

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C256D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C256D6	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7CDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6388D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c256d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 86, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.208 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ce3',
    500: '#c256d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c256d6;
$custom-light: #d78ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c256d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.625,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6386,
    "c": 0.20753,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C256D6

secondary

#B3DDAB

accent

#E4445D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C256D6

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

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