#C556E1#C556E1

#C556E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.219 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C556E1
RGB	rgb(197, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(288, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(288, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, 63.95, -51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 82.05, 321.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.1654 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.219 319)
XYZ	xyz(39.9426, 23.9639, 73.7411)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C556E1 #72E156

analogous

#7F56E1 #C556E1 #E156B7

triadic

#C556E1 #E1C556 #56E1C5

tetradic

#C556E1 #E17F56 #72E156 #56B7E1

square

#C556E1 #E17F56 #72E156 #56B7E1

split-complementary

#C556E1 #B7E156 #56E17F

monochromatic

#861CA0 #B126D4 #C556E1 #D78AEA #E9BEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#C556E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#C556E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C556E1

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C556E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C556E1	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F7FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c556e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.219 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8ceb',
    500: '#c556e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c556e1;
$custom-light: #da8ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c556e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.914,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64859,
    "c": 0.219,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.23962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C556E1

secondary

#BAE4AF

accent

#D2143A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C556E1

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

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