#C556E8#C556E8

#C556E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.225 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C556E8
RGB	rgb(197, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(286, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(286, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, 65.29, -54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 85.19, 320.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% 0.1654 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.225 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9171, 24.3537, 78.8737)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C556E8 #79E856

analogous

#7C56E8 #C556E8 #E856C2

triadic

#C556E8 #E8C556 #56E8C5

tetradic

#C556E8 #E87C56 #79E856 #56C2E8

square

#C556E8 #E87C56 #79E856 #56C2E8

split-complementary

#C556E8 #C2E856 #56E87C

monochromatic

#8917AC #B320E1 #C556E8 #D78CEF #EAC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#C556E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#C556E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C556E8

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C556E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C556E8	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2480EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c556e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.225 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8cf0',
    500: '#c556e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c556e8;
$custom-light: #da8cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c556e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.616,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65266,
    "c": 0.22547,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C556E8

secondary

#BFE8B2

accent

#D80D3E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C556E8

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

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