#C856A8#C856A8

#C856A8 is a light, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.173 H 339.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856A8
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 168)
HSL	hsl(317, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(317, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 16%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 54.92, -22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 59.26, 337.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.1623 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.173 339.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2157, 21.7649, 39.4372)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856A8 #56C876

analogous

#AF56C8 #C856A8 #C8566F

triadic

#C856A8 #A8C856 #56A8C8

tetradic

#C856A8 #C8AF56 #56C876 #566FC8

square

#C856A8 #C8AF56 #56C876 #566FC8

split-complementary

#C856A8 #6FC856 #56C8AF

monochromatic

#7B2864 #AA3789 #C856A8 #D784C0 #E6B2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#C856A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#C856A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856A8

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856A8	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B75AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C87A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.173 339.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8bc2',
    500: '#c856a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856a8;
$custom-light: #db8bc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.842,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62403,
    "c": 0.17294,
    "h": 339.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856A8

secondary

#A5D4B3

accent

#DA754D

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FBF0F7

border

#D4CBD0

text

#150C12

muted

#837D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856A8

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

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