#C856B9#C856B9

#C856B9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.186 H 332.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856B9
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 185)
HSL	hsl(308, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(308, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 7.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, 57.60, -31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 65.43, 331.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% 0.1654 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.186 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9042, 22.4403, 48.3299)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856B9 #56C865

analogous

#9E56C8 #C856B9 #C85680

triadic

#C856B9 #B9C856 #56B9C8

tetradic

#C856B9 #C89E56 #56C865 #5680C8

square

#C856B9 #C89E56 #56C865 #5680C8

split-complementary

#C856B9 #80C856 #56C89E

monochromatic

#7B2870 #AA379B #C856B9 #D784CC #E6B2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#C856B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#C856B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856B9

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856B9	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5378BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7688B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D05E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.186 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8bce',
    500: '#c856b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856b9;
$custom-light: #db8bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.895,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63164,
    "c": 0.18582,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856B9

secondary

#A5D4AC

accent

#DA604D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856B9

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

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