#C356E6#C356E6

#C356E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.223 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C356E6
RGB	rgb(195, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(285, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, 64.45, -54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 84.22, 319.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% 0.163 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.223 317)
XYZ	xyz(40.1143, 23.9724, 77.3617)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C356E6 #79E656

analogous

#7B56E6 #C356E6 #E656C1

triadic

#C356E6 #E6C356 #56E6C3

tetradic

#C356E6 #E67B56 #79E656 #56C1E6

square

#C356E6 #E67B56 #79E656 #56C1E6

split-complementary

#C356E6 #C1E656 #56E67B

monochromatic

#8619A9 #B021DE #C356E6 #D68BEE #E9C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#C356E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#C356E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C356E6

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C356E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C356E6	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2680EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#598AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c356e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.223 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98cee',
    500: '#c356e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c356e6;
$custom-light: #d98cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c356e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.417,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64899,
    "c": 0.22279,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.23971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C356E6

secondary

#BEE6B1

accent

#D60F40

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C356E6

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

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