#C856BF#C856BF

#C856BF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.191 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856BF
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 191)
HSL	hsl(305, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(305, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 4.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, 58.60, -34.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 67.78, 329.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.1663 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.191 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5510, 22.6990, 51.7363)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856BF #56C85F

analogous

#9856C8 #C856BF #C85686

triadic

#C856BF #BFC856 #56BFC8

tetradic

#C856BF #C89856 #56C85F #5686C8

square

#C856BF #C89856 #56C85F #5686C8

split-complementary

#C856BF #86C856 #56C898

monochromatic

#7B2875 #AA37A1 #C856BF #D784D0 #E6B2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#C856BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#C856BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856BF

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856BF	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F79C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.191 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8cd2',
    500: '#c856bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856bf;
$custom-light: #db8cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.737,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6345,
    "c": 0.19068,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856BF

secondary

#A5D4A9

accent

#DA594D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856BF

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

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