#C656B5#C656B5

#C656B5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.181 H 333.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C656B5
RGB	rgb(198, 86, 181)
HSL	hsl(309, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 8.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, 56.39, -29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 63.62, 332.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% 0.1626 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.181 333.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9571, 22.0001, 46.1124)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C656B5 #56C667

analogous

#9F56C6 #C656B5 #C6567D

triadic

#C656B5 #B5C656 #56B5C6

tetradic

#C656B5 #C69F56 #56C667 #567DC6

square

#C656B5 #C69F56 #56C667 #567DC6

split-complementary

#C656B5 #7DC656 #56C69F

monochromatic

#79296D #A73896 #C656B5 #D584C9 #E5B2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#C656B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#C656B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C656B5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C656B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C656B5	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5477B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7687B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c656b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 86, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.181 333.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8bcb',
    500: '#c656b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c656b5;
$custom-light: #da8bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c656b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.107,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62707,
    "c": 0.18131,
    "h": 333.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C656B5

secondary

#A5D3AC

accent

#D9644F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F8

border

#D4CBD1

text

#150C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C656B5

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

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