#C856C4#C856C4

#C856C4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.195 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856C4
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 196)
HSL	hsl(302, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(302, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 2%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, 59.44, -36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 69.79, 328.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.1669 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.195 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1106, 22.9228, 54.6837)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856C4 #56C85A

analogous

#9356C8 #C856C4 #C8568B

triadic

#C856C4 #C4C856 #56C4C8

tetradic

#C856C4 #C89356 #56C85A #568BC8

square

#C856C4 #C89356 #56C85A #568BC8

split-complementary

#C856C4 #8BC856 #56C893

monochromatic

#7B2879 #AA37A6 #C856C4 #D784D4 #E6B2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C856C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#C856C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856C4

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856C4	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C7AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7189C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.195 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8cd6',
    500: '#c856c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856c4;
$custom-light: #db8cd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.105,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63695,
    "c": 0.19485,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856C4

secondary

#A5D4A7

accent

#DA524D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856C4

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

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