#C856D3#C856D3

#C856D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.208 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856D3
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 211)
HSL	hsl(295, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(295, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 59.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, 62.08, -43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 76.08, 324.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.1683 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.208 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9040, 23.6402, 64.1292)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856D3 #61D356

analogous

#8956D3 #C856D3 #D3569F

triadic

#C856D3 #D3C856 #56D3C8

tetradic

#C856D3 #D38956 #61D356 #569FD3

square

#C856D3 #D38956 #61D356 #569FD3

split-complementary

#C856D3 #9FD356 #56D389

monochromatic

#82248B #AF31BB #C856D3 #D887E0 #E8B7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#C856D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#C856D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856D3

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856D3	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#417DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8AD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC688D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.208 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ce1',
    500: '#c856d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856d3;
$custom-light: #dc8ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.72,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64469,
    "c": 0.20779,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856D3

secondary

#AEDBAA

accent

#E24654

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856D3

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

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