#C556FF#C556FF

#C556FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.247 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C556FF
RGB	rgb(197, 86, 255)
HSL	hsl(279, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(279, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 66.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 69.87, -65.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 95.67, 316.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.1643 -0.1844)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.247 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4004, 25.7470, 97.2191)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C556FF #90FF56

analogous

#7156FF #C556FF #FF56E5

triadic

#C556FF #FFC556 #56FFC5

tetradic

#C556FF #FF7156 #90FF56 #56E5FF

square

#C556FF #FF7156 #90FF56 #56E5FF

split-complementary

#C556FF #E5FF56 #56FF71

monochromatic

#9000DB #B019FF #C556FF #DA93FF #EFD0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#C556FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#C556FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C556FF

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C556FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C556FF	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0085FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#448DFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE79A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c556ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 86, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.247 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8dff',
    500: '#c556ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c556ff;
$custom-light: #db8dff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c556ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.408,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66676,
    "c": 0.247,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C556FF

secondary

#D0F3BD

accent

#E6004F

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150D18

muted

#837E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #C556FF

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

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