#C853E6#C853E6

#C853E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.229 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C853E6
RGB	rgb(200, 83, 230)
HSL	hsl(288, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(288, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 63.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 66.88, -53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 85.87, 321.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.1723 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.229 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1937, 24.1809, 77.3451)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C853E6 #71E653

analogous

#7F53E6 #C853E6 #E653BB

triadic

#C853E6 #E6C853 #53E6C8

tetradic

#C853E6 #E67F53 #71E653 #53BBE6

square

#C853E6 #E67F53 #71E653 #53BBE6

split-complementary

#C853E6 #BBE653 #53E67F

monochromatic

#8918A6 #B620DC #C853E6 #D988EE #EABEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#C853E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#C853E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C853E6

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C853E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C853E6	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c853e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 83, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.229 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8bee',
    500: '#c853e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c853e6;
$custom-light: #dc8bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c853e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.755,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6519,
    "c": 0.22884,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C853E6

secondary

#BAE6AF

accent

#D70F38

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C853E6

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

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