#C356D5#C356D5

#C356D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.207 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C356D5
RGB	rgb(195, 86, 213)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(291, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 59.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, 61.20, -46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 76.62, 323.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% 0.1627 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.207 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8424, 23.0636, 65.3963)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C356D5 #68D556

analogous

#8356D5 #C356D5 #D556A7

triadic

#C356D5 #D5C356 #56D5C3

tetradic

#C356D5 #D58356 #68D556 #56A7D5

square

#C356D5 #D58356 #68D556 #56A7D5

split-complementary

#C356D5 #A7D556 #56D583

monochromatic

#7E238D #AA2FBE #C356D5 #D487E1 #E6B8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#C356D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#C356D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C356D5

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C356D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C356D5	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C7CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6588D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5698E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c356d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 86, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.207 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88ce2',
    500: '#c356d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c356d5;
$custom-light: #d88ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c356d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.496,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63932,
    "c": 0.2071,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C356D5

secondary

#B1DDAA

accent

#E3445B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C356D5

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

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