#C356E5#C356E5

#C356E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.222 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C356E5
RGB	rgb(195, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(286, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(286, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, 64.25, -53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 83.77, 320.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.163 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.222 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9743, 23.9164, 76.6242)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C356E5 #78E556

analogous

#7C56E5 #C356E5 #E556C0

triadic

#C356E5 #E5C356 #56E5C3

tetradic

#C356E5 #E57C56 #78E556 #56C0E5

square

#C356E5 #E57C56 #78E556 #56C0E5

split-complementary

#C356E5 #C0E556 #56E57C

monochromatic

#851AA7 #B022DC #C356E5 #D68BED #E9C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#C356E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#C356E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C356E5

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C356E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C356E5	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c356e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.222 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98cee',
    500: '#c356e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c356e5;
$custom-light: #d98cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c356e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.734,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6484,
    "c": 0.22186,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C356E5

secondary

#BEE6B1

accent

#D5103F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C356E5

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

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