#C856BE#C856BE

#C856BE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.190 H 331.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856BE
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 190)
HSL	hsl(305, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(305, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, 58.43, -33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 67.38, 330.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.1662 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.19 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4413, 22.6551, 51.1587)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856BE #56C860

analogous

#9956C8 #C856BE #C85685

triadic

#C856BE #BEC856 #56BEC8

tetradic

#C856BE #C89956 #56C860 #5685C8

square

#C856BE #C89956 #56C860 #5685C8

split-complementary

#C856BE #85C856 #56C899

monochromatic

#7B2874 #AA37A0 #C856BE #D784D0 #E6B2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#C856BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#C856BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856BE

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856BE	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5079C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.190 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8cd2',
    500: '#c856be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856be;
$custom-light: #db8cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.263,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63401,
    "c": 0.18987,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856BE

secondary

#A5D4A9

accent

#DA5A4D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856BE

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

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