#C556EC#C556EC

#C556EC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.229 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C556EC
RGB	rgb(197, 86, 236)
HSL	hsl(284, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(284, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 63.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, 66.07, -56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 87.00, 319.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.1653 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.229 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4918, 24.5836, 81.9001)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C556EC #7DEC56

analogous

#7A56EC #C556EC #EC56C8

triadic

#C556EC #ECC556 #56ECC5

tetradic

#C556EC #EC7A56 #7DEC56 #56C8EC

square

#C556EC #EC7A56 #7DEC56 #56C8EC

split-complementary

#C556EC #C8EC56 #56EC7A

monochromatic

#8A14B3 #B21FE6 #C556EC #D88DF2 #EBC4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#C556EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#C556EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C556EC

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C556EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C556EC	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B81F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#568BE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3719A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c556ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 86, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.229 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8cf3',
    500: '#c556ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c556ec;
$custom-light: #da8cf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c556ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65503,
    "c": 0.22918,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C556EC

secondary

#C2EAB4

accent

#DC0940

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C556EC

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

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