#C856B7#C856B7

#C856B7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.184 H 333.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856B7
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 183)
HSL	hsl(309, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 8.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, 57.28, -30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 64.66, 332.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.1651 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.184 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6945, 22.3564, 47.2258)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856B7 #56C867

analogous

#A056C8 #C856B7 #C8567E

triadic

#C856B7 #B7C856 #56B7C8

tetradic

#C856B7 #C8A056 #56C867 #567EC8

square

#C856B7 #C8A056 #56C867 #567EC8

split-complementary

#C856B7 #7EC856 #56C8A0

monochromatic

#7B286F #AA3799 #C856B7 #D784CB #E6B2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#C856B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#C856B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856B7

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856B7	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5478BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7788B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D05E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.184 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8bcd',
    500: '#c856b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856b7;
$custom-light: #db8bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.947,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6307,
    "c": 0.18423,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856B7

secondary

#A5D4AC

accent

#DA624D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856B7

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

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