#C856B6#C856B6

#C856B6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.183 H 334.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856B6
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 182)
HSL	hsl(309, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 9%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, 57.11, -29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 64.28, 332.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.1649 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.183 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5908, 22.3149, 46.6796)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856B6 #56C868

analogous

#A156C8 #C856B6 #C8567D

triadic

#C856B6 #B6C856 #56B6C8

tetradic

#C856B6 #C8A156 #56C868 #567DC8

square

#C856B6 #C8A156 #56C868 #567DC8

split-complementary

#C856B6 #7DC856 #56C8A1

monochromatic

#7B286E #AA3798 #C856B6 #D784CA #E6B2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#C856B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#C856B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856B6

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856B6	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5577B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7788B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D15D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.183 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8bcc',
    500: '#c856b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856b6;
$custom-light: #db8bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.474,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63024,
    "c": 0.18343,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856B6

secondary

#A5D4AD

accent

#DA644D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F8

border

#D4CBD1

text

#150C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856B6

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

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