#C656E9#C656E9

#C656E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.227 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C656E9
RGB	rgb(198, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(286, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(286, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, 65.72, -54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 85.68, 320.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% 0.1665 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.227 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3223, 24.5462, 79.6362)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C656E9 #79E956

analogous

#7C56E9 #C656E9 #E956C3

triadic

#C656E9 #E9C656 #56E9C6

tetradic

#C656E9 #E97C56 #79E956 #56C3E9

square

#C656E9 #E97C56 #79E956 #56C3E9

split-complementary

#C656E9 #C3E956 #56E97C

monochromatic

#8A17AE #B420E2 #C656E9 #D88CF0 #EBC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#C656E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#C656E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C656E9

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C656E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C656E9	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2381ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C57098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c656e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.227 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8cf1',
    500: '#c656e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c656e9;
$custom-light: #db8cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c656e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65449,
    "c": 0.22679,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C656E9

secondary

#BFE8B3

accent

#D90C3D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C656E9

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

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