#C856C8#C856C8

#C856C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.198 H 327.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856C8
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, 60.13, -38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 71.44, 327.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.1674 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.198 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5720, 23.1074, 57.1136)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856C8 #56C856

analogous

#8F56C8 #C856C8 #C8568F

triadic

#C856C8 #C8C856 #56C8C8

tetradic

#C856C8 #C88F56 #56C856 #568FC8

square

#C856C8 #C88F56 #56C856 #568FC8

split-complementary

#C856C8 #8FC856 #56C88F

monochromatic

#7B287B #AA37AA #C856C8 #D784D7 #E6B2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#C856C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#C856C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856C8

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856C8	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7089C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.198 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8cd9',
    500: '#c856c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856c8;
$custom-light: #db8cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63896,
    "c": 0.19824,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856C8

secondary

#A5D4A5

accent

#DA4D4D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856C8

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

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