#C656E8#C656E8

#C656E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.226 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C656E8
RGB	rgb(198, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(286, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(286, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 65.52, -54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 85.23, 320.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% 0.1665 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.226 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1799, 24.4892, 78.8860)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C656E8 #78E856

analogous

#7D56E8 #C656E8 #E856C1

triadic

#C656E8 #E8C656 #56E8C6

tetradic

#C656E8 #E87D56 #78E856 #56C1E8

square

#C656E8 #E87D56 #78E856 #56C1E8

split-complementary

#C656E8 #C1E856 #56E87D

monochromatic

#8A17AC #B420E1 #C656E8 #D88CEF #EAC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#C656E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#C656E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C656E8

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C656E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C656E8	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2581EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C57098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c656e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.226 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8cf0',
    500: '#c656e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c656e8;
$custom-light: #db8cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c656e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.027,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65391,
    "c": 0.22587,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C656E8

secondary

#BFE8B2

accent

#D80D3D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C656E8

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

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