#C456E2#C456E2

#C456E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.219 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C456E2
RGB	rgb(196, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(287, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(287, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 63.90, -52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 82.46, 320.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% 0.1642 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.219 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8183, 23.8840, 74.4494)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C456E2 #74E256

analogous

#7E56E2 #C456E2 #E256BA

triadic

#C456E2 #E2C456 #56E2C4

tetradic

#C456E2 #E27E56 #74E256 #56BAE2

square

#C456E2 #E27E56 #74E256 #56BAE2

split-complementary

#C456E2 #BAE256 #56E27E

monochromatic

#851CA2 #B025D6 #C456E2 #D68AEB #E8BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#C456E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#C456E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C456E2

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C456E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C456E2	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#2D7FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c456e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.219 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98cec',
    500: '#c456e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c456e2;
$custom-light: #d98cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c456e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64791,
    "c": 0.21949,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C456E2

secondary

#BBE4B0

accent

#D3133C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C456E2

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

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