#C856C9#C856C9

#C856C9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.199 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856C9
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 201)
HSL	hsl(299, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(299, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 57.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 60.31, -39.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 71.85, 327.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% 0.1675 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.199 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6892, 23.1543, 57.7311)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856C9 #57C956

analogous

#8F56C9 #C856C9 #C95691

triadic

#C856C9 #C9C856 #56C9C8

tetradic

#C856C9 #C98F56 #57C956 #5691C9

square

#C856C9 #C98F56 #57C956 #5691C9

split-complementary

#C856C9 #91C956 #56C98F

monochromatic

#7C287D #AA37AB #C856C9 #D784D8 #E6B3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#C856C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#C856C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856C9

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856C9	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F89C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.199 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8cda',
    500: '#c856c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856c9;
$custom-light: #db8cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.478,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63947,
    "c": 0.1991,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856C9

secondary

#A6D5A6

accent

#DB4D4E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856C9

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

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