#C853C5#C853C5

#C853C5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.200 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C853C5
RGB	rgb(200, 83, 197)
HSL	hsl(302, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(302, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 1.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 60.94, -37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 71.73, 328.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.1708 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.2 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9903, 22.4995, 55.2070)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C853C5 #53C856

analogous

#9053C8 #C853C5 #C8538B

triadic

#C853C5 #C5C853 #53C5C8

tetradic

#C853C5 #C89053 #53C856 #538BC8

square

#C853C5 #C89053 #53C856 #538BC8

split-complementary

#C853C5 #8BC853 #53C890

monochromatic

#7A2778 #A836A5 #C853C5 #D781D5 #E6B0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#C853C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#C853C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C853C5

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C853C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C853C5	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4879C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F88C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c853c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 83, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.200 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ad7',
    500: '#c853c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c853c5;
$custom-light: #dc8ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c853c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.538,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63389,
    "c": 0.20004,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C853C5

secondary

#A3D4A4

accent

#DB504D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C853C5

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

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