#C556CE#C556CE

#C556CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.202 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C556CE
RGB	rgb(197, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(296, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 60.42, -42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 73.71, 325.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.1645 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.202 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4934, 22.9842, 60.8421)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C556CE #5FCE56

analogous

#8956CE #C556CE #CE569B

triadic

#C556CE #CEC556 #56CEC5

tetradic

#C556CE #CE8956 #5FCE56 #569BCE

square

#C556CE #CE8956 #5FCE56 #569BCE

split-complementary

#C556CE #9BCE56 #56CE89

monochromatic

#7C2683 #A934B3 #C556CE #D585DC #E6B5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C556CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C556CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C556CE

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C556CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C556CE	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#437BD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A89CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9668A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c556ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.202 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98cdd',
    500: '#c556ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c556ce;
$custom-light: #d98cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c556ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63813,
    "c": 0.20182,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C556CE

secondary

#ABD8A8

accent

#DE4955

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C556CE

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

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