#C556EF#C556EF

#C556EF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.232 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C556EF
RGB	rgb(197, 86, 239)
HSL	hsl(284, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(284, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 64%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, 66.66, -58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 88.36, 318.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.1652 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.232 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9313, 24.7594, 84.2149)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C556EF #80EF56

analogous

#7856EF #C556EF #EF56CD

triadic

#C556EF #EFC556 #56EFC5

tetradic

#C556EF #EF7856 #80EF56 #56CDEF

square

#C556EF #EF7856 #80EF56 #56CDEF

split-complementary

#C556EF #CDEF56 #56EF78

monochromatic

#8B12B9 #B21EEA #C556EF #D88EF4 #EBC6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#C556EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#C556EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C556EF

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C556EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C556EF	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1282F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#548BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2739B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c556ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 86, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.232 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8df5',
    500: '#c556ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c556ef;
$custom-light: #da8df5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c556ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.529,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65683,
    "c": 0.23199,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C556EF

secondary

#C4EBB5

accent

#DF0642

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C556EF

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

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