#C556E6#C556E6

#C556E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.224 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C556E6
RGB	rgb(197, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(286, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(286, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, 64.91, -53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 84.29, 320.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% 0.1654 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.224 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6347, 24.2407, 77.3860)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C556E6 #77E656

analogous

#7D56E6 #C556E6 #E656BF

triadic

#C556E6 #E6C556 #56E6C5

tetradic

#C556E6 #E67D56 #77E656 #56BFE6

square

#C556E6 #E67D56 #77E656 #56BFE6

split-complementary

#C556E6 #BFE656 #56E67D

monochromatic

#8819A9 #B321DE #C556E6 #D78BEE #EAC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C556E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#C556E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C556E6

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C556E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C556E6	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2880EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c556e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.224 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8cee',
    500: '#c556e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c556e6;
$custom-light: #da8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c556e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.25,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65149,
    "c": 0.22361,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C556E6

secondary

#BEE6B1

accent

#D60F3D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C556E6

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

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