#C853C8#C853C8

#C853C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.203 H 327.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C853C8
RGB	rgb(200, 83, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(300, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.70, 61.46, -39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.70, 72.96, 327.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% 0.1711 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.203 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3374, 22.6384, 57.0354)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C853C8 #53C853

analogous

#8D53C8 #C853C8 #C8538D

triadic

#C853C8 #C8C853 #53C8C8

tetradic

#C853C8 #C88D53 #53C853 #538DC8

square

#C853C8 #C88D53 #53C853 #538DC8

split-complementary

#C853C8 #8DC853 #53C88D

monochromatic

#7A277A #A836A8 #C853C8 #D781D7 #E6B0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#C853C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#C853C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C853C8

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C853C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C853C8	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4679CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E88C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c853c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 83, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.203 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ad9',
    500: '#c853c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c853c8;
$custom-light: #dc8ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c853c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63542,
    "c": 0.20256,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C853C8

secondary

#A3D4A3

accent

#DB4D4D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C853C8

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

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