#C256E4#C256E4

#C256E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.221 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C256E4
RGB	rgb(194, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(286, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(286, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 63.83, -53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 83.28, 320.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% 0.1618 -0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.221 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5775, 23.7279, 75.8789)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C256E4 #78E456

analogous

#7B56E4 #C256E4 #E456BF

triadic

#C256E4 #E4C256 #56E4C2

tetradic

#C256E4 #E47B56 #78E456 #56BFE4

square

#C256E4 #E47B56 #78E456 #56BFE4

split-complementary

#C256E4 #BFE456 #56E47B

monochromatic

#841AA5 #AE23DA #C256E4 #D58BEC #E8C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#C256E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C256E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C256E4

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C256E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C256E4	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A89E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c256e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.221 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88ced',
    500: '#c256e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c256e4;
$custom-light: #d88ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c256e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.634,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64657,
    "c": 0.22051,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C256E4

secondary

#BDE5B0

accent

#D51140

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C256E4

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

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