#C856BD#C856BD

#C856BD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.189 H 331.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856BD
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 189)
HSL	hsl(306, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(306, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 5.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, 58.26, -33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 66.99, 330.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.166 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.189 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3324, 22.6116, 50.5851)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856BD #56C861

analogous

#9A56C8 #C856BD #C85684

triadic

#C856BD #BDC856 #56BDC8

tetradic

#C856BD #C89A56 #56C861 #5684C8

square

#C856BD #C89A56 #56C861 #5684C8

split-complementary

#C856BD #84C856 #56C89A

monochromatic

#7B2873 #AA379F #C856BD #D784CF #E6B2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#C856BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#C856BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856BD

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856BD	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5179C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.189 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8cd1',
    500: '#c856bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856bd;
$custom-light: #db8cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.789,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63353,
    "c": 0.18905,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856BD

secondary

#A5D4AA

accent

#DA5B4D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856BD

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

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