#C456C8#C456C8

#C456C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.196 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C456C8
RGB	rgb(196, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(298, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(298, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, 59.09, -39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 71.07, 326.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.1629 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.196 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5173, 22.5636, 57.0641)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C456C8 #5AC856

analogous

#8B56C8 #C456C8 #C85693

triadic

#C456C8 #C8C456 #56C8C4

tetradic

#C456C8 #C88B56 #5AC856 #5693C8

square

#C456C8 #C88B56 #5AC856 #5693C8

split-complementary

#C456C8 #93C856 #56C88B

monochromatic

#79287B #A637AA #C456C8 #D484D7 #E4B2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C456C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#C456C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C456C8

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C456C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C456C8	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#477ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C88C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c456c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.196 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98bd9',
    500: '#c456c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c456c8;
$custom-light: #d98bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c456c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.895,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6337,
    "c": 0.19599,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C456C8

secondary

#A7D4A5

accent

#DA4D52

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C456C8

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

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