#C556E7#C556E7

#C556E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.225 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C556E7
RGB	rgb(197, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(286, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(286, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 65.10, -54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 84.74, 320.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% 0.1654 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.225 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7755, 24.2970, 78.1277)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C556E7 #78E756

analogous

#7D56E7 #C556E7 #E756C1

triadic

#C556E7 #E7C556 #56E7C5

tetradic

#C556E7 #E77D56 #78E756 #56C1E7

square

#C556E7 #E77D56 #78E756 #56C1E7

split-complementary

#C556E7 #C1E756 #56E77D

monochromatic

#8818AA #B320DF #C556E7 #D78CEF #EAC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#C556E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#C556E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C556E7

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C556E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C556E7	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2680EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c556e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.225 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8cef',
    500: '#c556e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c556e7;
$custom-light: #da8cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c556e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.931,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65207,
    "c": 0.22454,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C556E7

secondary

#BEE7B2

accent

#D70E3D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C556E7

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

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