#C856D4#C856D4

#C856D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.209 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856D4
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 212)
HSL	hsl(294, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(294, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 59.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, 62.26, -44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 76.51, 324.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% 0.1683 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.209 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0298, 23.6905, 64.7915)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856D4 #62D456

analogous

#8956D4 #C856D4 #D456A1

triadic

#C856D4 #D4C856 #56D4C8

tetradic

#C856D4 #D48956 #62D456 #56A1D4

square

#C856D4 #D48956 #62D456 #56A1D4

split-complementary

#C856D4 #A1D456 #56D489

monochromatic

#82248C #AF30BD #C856D4 #D887E0 #E8B8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#C856D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#C856D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856D4

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856D4	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#407DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698AD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB688D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.209 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ce2',
    500: '#c856d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856d4;
$custom-light: #dc8ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.286,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64522,
    "c": 0.20868,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856D4

secondary

#AFDCAA

accent

#E34554

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856D4

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

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