#C856C5#C856C5

#C856C5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.196 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856C5
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 197)
HSL	hsl(302, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(302, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 1.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, 59.61, -37.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 70.20, 328.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% 0.167 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.196 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2248, 22.9685, 55.2852)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856C5 #56C859

analogous

#9256C8 #C856C5 #C8568C

triadic

#C856C5 #C5C856 #56C5C8

tetradic

#C856C5 #C89256 #56C859 #568CC8

square

#C856C5 #C89256 #56C859 #568CC8

split-complementary

#C856C5 #8CC856 #56C892

monochromatic

#7B2879 #AA37A7 #C856C5 #D784D5 #E6B2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C856C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C856C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856C5

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856C5	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C7AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7189C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.196 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8cd7',
    500: '#c856c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856c5;
$custom-light: #db8cd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.579,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63745,
    "c": 0.19569,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856C5

secondary

#A5D4A7

accent

#DA514D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856C5

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

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