#C556FD#C556FD

#C556FD is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.245 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C556FD
RGB	rgb(197, 86, 253)
HSL	hsl(280, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(280, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 66%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, 69.47, -64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 94.75, 317.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.1645 -0.1817)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.245 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0802, 25.6189, 95.5324)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C556FD #8EFD56

analogous

#7256FD #C556FD #FD56E2

triadic

#C556FD #FDC556 #56FDC5

tetradic

#C556FD #FD7256 #8EFD56 #56E2FD

square

#C556FD #FD7256 #8EFD56 #56E2FD

split-complementary

#C556FD #E2FD56 #56FD72

monochromatic

#8F03D6 #B01AFC #C556FD #DA92FE #EFCFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#C556FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#C556FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C556FD

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C556FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C556FD	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0085FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#468DF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF78A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c556fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 86, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.245 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8dff',
    500: '#c556fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c556fd;
$custom-light: #db8dff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c556fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.88,
    "s": 97.661,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66549,
    "c": 0.24512,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C556FD

secondary

#CEF2BC

accent

#E6004D

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150D18

muted

#837E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #C556FD

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

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