#C256E1#C256E1

#C256E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.218 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C256E1
RGB	rgb(194, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(287, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(287, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, 63.24, -52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 81.92, 320.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.1618 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.218 318)
XYZ	xyz(39.1646, 23.5628, 73.7046)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C256E1 #75E156

analogous

#7C56E1 #C256E1 #E156BA

triadic

#C256E1 #E1C256 #56E1C2

tetradic

#C256E1 #E17C56 #75E156 #56BAE1

square

#C256E1 #E17C56 #75E156 #56BAE1

split-complementary

#C256E1 #BAE156 #56E17C

monochromatic

#831CA0 #AD26D4 #C256E1 #D58AEA #E8BEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C256E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#C256E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C256E1

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C256E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C256E1	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7EE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C89DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c256e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.218 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88ceb',
    500: '#c256e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c256e1;
$custom-light: #d88ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c256e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.619,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64483,
    "c": 0.21771,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.23561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C256E1

secondary

#BBE4AF

accent

#D2143E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C256E1

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

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