#C556DD#C556DD

#C556DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.215 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C556DD
RGB	rgb(197, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(289, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(289, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 63.19, -49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 80.27, 321.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% 0.1653 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.215 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4033, 23.7482, 70.9009)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C556DD #6EDD56

analogous

#8156DD #C556DD #DD56B2

triadic

#C556DD #DDC556 #56DDC5

tetradic

#C556DD #DD8156 #6EDD56 #56B2DD

square

#C556DD #DD8156 #6EDD56 #56B2DD

split-complementary

#C556DD #B2DD56 #56DD81

monochromatic

#841F9A #B029CD #C556DD #D689E7 #E8BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C556DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C556DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C556DD

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C556DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C556DD	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#347EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c556dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.215 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8ce8',
    500: '#c556dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c556dd;
$custom-light: #da8ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c556dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64632,
    "c": 0.21533,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C556DD

secondary

#B7E1AE

accent

#CE1738

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C556DD

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

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