#C856D1#C856D1

#C856D1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.206 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856D1
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 209)
HSL	hsl(296, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(296, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 58.9%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 61.72, -43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 75.22, 325.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% 0.1681 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.206 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6549, 23.5406, 62.8170)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856D1 #5FD156

analogous

#8B56D1 #C856D1 #D1569C

triadic

#C856D1 #D1C856 #56D1C8

tetradic

#C856D1 #D18B56 #5FD156 #569CD1

square

#C856D1 #D18B56 #5FD156 #569CD1

split-complementary

#C856D1 #9CD156 #56D18B

monochromatic

#802588 #AE32B8 #C856D1 #D886DE #E7B6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C856D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#C856D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856D1

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856D1	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#427CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8ACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC678C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.206 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8cdf',
    500: '#c856d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856d1;
$custom-light: #dc8cdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.61,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64362,
    "c": 0.20603,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856D1

secondary

#ACDAA9

accent

#E04753

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856D1

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

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