#C856BB#C856BB

#C856BB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.187 H 332.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856BB
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 187)
HSL	hsl(307, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(307, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 6.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 57.93, -32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 66.20, 331.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.1657 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.187 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1168, 22.5253, 49.4496)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856BB #56C863

analogous

#9C56C8 #C856BB #C85682

triadic

#C856BB #BBC856 #56BBC8

tetradic

#C856BB #C89C56 #56C863 #5682C8

square

#C856BB #C89C56 #56C863 #5682C8

split-complementary

#C856BB #82C856 #56C89C

monochromatic

#7B2872 #AA379D #C856BB #D784CE #E6B2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C856BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#C856BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856BB

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856BB	1.00	3.81	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5278BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7588B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D05F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.187 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8bcf',
    500: '#c856bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856bb;
$custom-light: #db8bcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.842,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63258,
    "c": 0.18742,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856BB

secondary

#A5D4AB

accent

#DA5D4D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856BB

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

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