#C256EA#C256EA

#C256EA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.226 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C256EA
RGB	rgb(194, 86, 234)
HSL	hsl(284, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(284, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 63.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, 65.00, -56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 86.01, 319.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.1618 -0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.226 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4249, 24.0669, 80.3419)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C256EA #7EEA56

analogous

#7856EA #C256EA #EA56C8

triadic

#C256EA #EAC256 #56EAC2

tetradic

#C256EA #EA7856 #7EEA56 #56C8EA

square

#C256EA #EA7856 #7EEA56 #56C8EA

split-complementary

#C256EA #C8EA56 #56EA78

monochromatic

#8616B0 #AE20E3 #C256EA #D68CF1 #E9C3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#C256EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#C256EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C256EA

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C256EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C256EA	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C80EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#558AE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c256ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 86, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.226 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88cf1',
    500: '#c256ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c256ea;
$custom-light: #d88cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c256ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.784,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65013,
    "c": 0.22616,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C256EA

secondary

#C2E9B3

accent

#DA0B43

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C256EA

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

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