#C856AE#C856AE

#C856AE is a light, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.177 H 337.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856AE
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 174)
HSL	hsl(314, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(314, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 55.84, -25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 61.34, 335.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.1635 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.177 337.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7876, 21.9936, 42.4492)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856AE #56C870

analogous

#A956C8 #C856AE #C85675

triadic

#C856AE #AEC856 #56AEC8

tetradic

#C856AE #C8A956 #56C870 #5675C8

square

#C856AE #C8A956 #56C870 #5675C8

split-complementary

#C856AE #75C856 #56C8A9

monochromatic

#7B2868 #AA3790 #C856AE #D784C4 #E6B2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#C856AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#C856AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856AE

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856AE	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5976B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A88AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.177 337.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8bc6',
    500: '#c856ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856ae;
$custom-light: #db8bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 313.684,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62663,
    "c": 0.17731,
    "h": 337.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856AE

secondary

#A5D4B0

accent

#DA6E4D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F8

border

#D4CBD1

text

#150C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856AE

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

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