#C856BC#C856BC

#C856BC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.188 H 331.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856BC
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 188)
HSL	hsl(306, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(306, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 6%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, 58.10, -32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 66.59, 330.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.1659 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.188 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2242, 22.5683, 50.0154)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856BC #56C862

analogous

#9B56C8 #C856BC #C85683

triadic

#C856BC #BCC856 #56BCC8

tetradic

#C856BC #C89B56 #56C862 #5683C8

square

#C856BC #C89B56 #56C862 #5683C8

split-complementary

#C856BC #83C856 #56C89B

monochromatic

#7B2873 #AA379E #C856BC #D784CE #E6B2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C856BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#C856BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856BC

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856BC	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5178BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7589B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D05F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.188 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8bd0',
    500: '#c856bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856bc;
$custom-light: #db8bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.316,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63306,
    "c": 0.18823,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856BC

secondary

#A5D4AA

accent

#DA5C4D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856BC

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

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