#C456E5#C456E5

#C456E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.222 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C456E5
RGB	rgb(196, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(286, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(286, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 64.48, -53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 83.81, 320.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.1642 -0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.222 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2336, 24.0501, 76.6364)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C456E5 #77E556

analogous

#7D56E5 #C456E5 #E556BE

triadic

#C456E5 #E5C456 #56E5C4

tetradic

#C456E5 #E57D56 #77E556 #56BEE5

square

#C456E5 #E57D56 #77E556 #56BEE5

split-complementary

#C456E5 #BEE556 #56E57D

monochromatic

#861AA7 #B122DC #C456E5 #D78BED #E9C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#C456E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#C456E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C456E5

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C456E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C456E5	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2880E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c456e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.222 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98cee',
    500: '#c456e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c456e5;
$custom-light: #d98cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c456e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64965,
    "c": 0.22227,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C456E5

secondary

#BDE6B1

accent

#D5103E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C456E5

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

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