#C856C3#C856C3

#C856C3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.194 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856C3
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 195)
HSL	hsl(303, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(303, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 2.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 59.27, -36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 69.39, 328.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.1668 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.194 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9972, 22.8775, 54.0863)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856C3 #56C85B

analogous

#9456C8 #C856C3 #C8568A

triadic

#C856C3 #C3C856 #56C3C8

tetradic

#C856C3 #C89456 #56C85B #568AC8

square

#C856C3 #C89456 #56C85B #568AC8

split-complementary

#C856C3 #8AC856 #56C894

monochromatic

#7B2878 #AA37A5 #C856C3 #D784D3 #E6B2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C856C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#C856C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856C3

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856C3	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D7AC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7289C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.194 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8cd5',
    500: '#c856c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856c3;
$custom-light: #db8cd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.632,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63646,
    "c": 0.19401,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856C3

secondary

#A5D4A7

accent

#DA544D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856C3

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

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