#C856A5#C856A5

#C856A5 is a light, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.171 H 341.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856A5
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 165)
HSL	hsl(318, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(318, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 17.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, 54.47, -20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 58.27, 339.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.1616 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.171 341.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9394, 21.6544, 37.9822)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856A5 #56C879

analogous

#B256C8 #C856A5 #C8566C

triadic

#C856A5 #A5C856 #56A5C8

tetradic

#C856A5 #C8B256 #56C879 #566CC8

square

#C856A5 #C8B256 #56C879 #566CC8

split-complementary

#C856A5 #6CC856 #56C8B2

monochromatic

#7B2862 #AA3786 #C856A5 #D784BE #E6B2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#C856A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#C856A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856A5

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856A5	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D75A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D87A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.171 341.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8bbf',
    500: '#c856a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856a5;
$custom-light: #db8bbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318.421,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62277,
    "c": 0.17084,
    "h": 341.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856A5

secondary

#A5D4B4

accent

#DA794D

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FBF0F7

border

#D4CBD0

text

#150C12

muted

#837D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856A5

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

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