#C456D8#C456D8

#C456D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.210 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C456D8
RGB	rgb(196, 86, 216)
HSL	hsl(291, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(291, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 60.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, 62.01, -47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 78.00, 322.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.164 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.21 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4860, 23.3511, 67.4324)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C456D8 #6AD856

analogous

#8356D8 #C456D8 #D856AB

triadic

#C456D8 #D8C456 #56D8C4

tetradic

#C456D8 #D88356 #6AD856 #56ABD8

square

#C456D8 #D88356 #6AD856 #56ABD8

split-complementary

#C456D8 #ABD856 #56D883

monochromatic

#812292 #AC2DC4 #C456D8 #D588E3 #E7B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#C456D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#C456D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C456D8

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C456D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C456D8	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6489D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c456d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 86, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.210 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98ce4',
    500: '#c456d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c456d8;
$custom-light: #d98ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c456d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64225,
    "c": 0.2103,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C456D8

secondary

#B3DEAB

accent

#E6425B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C456D8

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

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