#C856B8#C856B8

#C856B8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.185 H 333.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856B8
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 184)
HSL	hsl(308, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(308, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 8%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, 57.44, -30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 65.04, 332.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.1653 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.185 333.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7990, 22.3982, 47.7759)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856B8 #56C866

analogous

#9F56C8 #C856B8 #C8567F

triadic

#C856B8 #B8C856 #56B8C8

tetradic

#C856B8 #C89F56 #56C866 #567FC8

square

#C856B8 #C89F56 #56C866 #567FC8

split-complementary

#C856B8 #7FC856 #56C89F

monochromatic

#7B2870 #AA379A #C856B8 #D784CB #E6B2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#C856B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#C856B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856B8

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856B8	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5478BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7788B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D05E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.185 333.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8bcd',
    500: '#c856b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856b8;
$custom-light: #db8bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.421,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63117,
    "c": 0.18502,
    "h": 333.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856B8

secondary

#A5D4AC

accent

#DA614D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856B8

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

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