#C856B4#C856B4

#C856B4 is a light, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.182 H 334.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856B4
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 180)
HSL	hsl(311, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(311, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 10%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, 56.79, -28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 63.53, 333.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.1646 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.182 334.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3856, 22.2328, 45.5988)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856B4 #56C86A

analogous

#A356C8 #C856B4 #C8567B

triadic

#C856B4 #B4C856 #56B4C8

tetradic

#C856B4 #C8A356 #56C86A #567BC8

square

#C856B4 #C8A356 #56C86A #567BC8

split-complementary

#C856B4 #7BC856 #56C8A3

monochromatic

#7B286D #AA3796 #C856B4 #D784C8 #E6B2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#C856B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#C856B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856B4

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856B4	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5677B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7888B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D15D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.182 334.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8bca',
    500: '#c856b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856b4;
$custom-light: #db8bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310.526,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62932,
    "c": 0.18187,
    "h": 334.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856B4

secondary

#A5D4AE

accent

#DA664D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F8

border

#D4CBD1

text

#150C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856B4

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

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