#C556D8#C556D8

#C556D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.211 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C556D8
RGB	rgb(197, 86, 216)
HSL	hsl(291, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(291, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 60.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, 62.25, -47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 78.06, 322.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.1651 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.211 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7471, 23.4857, 67.4447)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C556D8 #69D856

analogous

#8456D8 #C556D8 #D856AA

triadic

#C556D8 #D8C556 #56D8C5

tetradic

#C556D8 #D88456 #69D856 #56AAD8

square

#C556D8 #D88456 #69D856 #56AAD8

split-complementary

#C556D8 #AAD856 #56D884

monochromatic

#822292 #AE2DC4 #C556D8 #D688E3 #E7B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#C556D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#C556D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C556D8

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C556D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C556D8	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6489D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C76A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c556d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 86, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.211 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8ce4',
    500: '#c556d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c556d8;
$custom-light: #da8ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c556d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.231,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64353,
    "c": 0.21078,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C556D8

secondary

#B3DEAB

accent

#E6425A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C556D8

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

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