#C256E0#C256E0

#C256E0 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.217 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C256E0
RGB	rgb(194, 86, 224)
HSL	hsl(287, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(287, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 61.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, 63.05, -51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 81.47, 320.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% 0.1618 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.217 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0286, 23.5084, 72.9883)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C256E0 #74E056

analogous

#7D56E0 #C256E0 #E056B9

triadic

#C256E0 #E0C256 #56E0C2

tetradic

#C256E0 #E07D56 #74E056 #56B9E0

square

#C256E0 #E07D56 #74E056 #56B9E0

split-complementary

#C256E0 #B9E056 #56E07D

monochromatic

#821D9F #AD27D2 #C256E0 #D58AE9 #E7BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C256E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#C256E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C256E0

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C256E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C256E0	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E7EE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D89DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c256e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 86, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.217 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88cea',
    500: '#c256e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c256e0;
$custom-light: #d88cea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c256e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.957,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64425,
    "c": 0.21677,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C256E0

secondary

#BAE3AF

accent

#D1153D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C256E0

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

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