#C856D5#C856D5

#C856D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.210 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856D5
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 213)
HSL	hsl(294, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(294, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 59.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 62.44, -44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 76.94, 324.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% 0.1684 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.21 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1563, 23.7411, 65.4579)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856D5 #63D556

analogous

#8856D5 #C856D5 #D556A2

triadic

#C856D5 #D5C856 #56D5C8

tetradic

#C856D5 #D58856 #63D556 #56A2D5

square

#C856D5 #D58856 #63D556 #56A2D5

split-complementary

#C856D5 #A2D556 #56D588

monochromatic

#83238D #B02FBE #C856D5 #D887E1 #E8B8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C856D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C856D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856D5

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856D5	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F7DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB688E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.210 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ce2',
    500: '#c856d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856d5;
$custom-light: #dc8ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.858,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64576,
    "c": 0.20956,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856D5

secondary

#AFDDAA

accent

#E34455

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856D5

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

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