#C856B3#C856B3

#C856B3 is a light, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.181 H 335.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856B3
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 179)
HSL	hsl(311, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(311, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 10.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 56.63, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 63.16, 333.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.1644 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.181 335.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2841, 22.1922, 45.0642)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856B3 #56C86B

analogous

#A456C8 #C856B3 #C8567A

triadic

#C856B3 #B3C856 #56B3C8

tetradic

#C856B3 #C8A456 #56C86B #567AC8

square

#C856B3 #C8A456 #56C86B #567AC8

split-complementary

#C856B3 #7AC856 #56C8A4

monochromatic

#7B286C #AA3795 #C856B3 #D784C8 #E6B2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#C856B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#C856B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856B3

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856B3	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5677B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7888B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D15C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.181 335.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8bca',
    500: '#c856b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856b3;
$custom-light: #db8bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 311.053,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62887,
    "c": 0.1811,
    "h": 335.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856B3

secondary

#A5D4AE

accent

#DA674D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F8

border

#D4CBD1

text

#150C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856B3

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

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