#C856C7#C856C7

#C856C7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.197 H 327.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856C7
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 199)
HSL	hsl(301, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(301, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 0.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 59.96, -38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 71.02, 327.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% 0.1673 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.197 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4555, 23.0608, 56.5001)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856C7 #56C857

analogous

#9056C8 #C856C7 #C8568E

triadic

#C856C7 #C7C856 #56C7C8

tetradic

#C856C7 #C89056 #56C857 #568EC8

square

#C856C7 #C89056 #56C857 #568EC8

split-complementary

#C856C7 #8EC856 #56C890

monochromatic

#7B287B #AA37A9 #C856C7 #D784D6 #E6B2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#C856C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#C856C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856C7

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856C7	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7089C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.197 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8cd8',
    500: '#c856c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856c7;
$custom-light: #db8cd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.526,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63845,
    "c": 0.19738,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856C7

secondary

#A5D4A6

accent

#DA4F4D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856C7

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

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