#C856D6#C856D6

#C856D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.210 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856D6
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 214)
HSL	hsl(293, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(293, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 59.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, 62.62, -45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 77.37, 324.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% 0.1684 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.21 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2836, 23.7921, 66.1284)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856D6 #64D656

analogous

#8856D6 #C856D6 #D656A4

triadic

#C856D6 #D6C856 #56D6C8

tetradic

#C856D6 #D68856 #64D656 #56A4D6

square

#C856D6 #D68856 #64D656 #56A4D6

split-complementary

#C856D6 #A4D656 #56D688

monochromatic

#83238F #B02FC0 #C856D6 #D887E2 #E8B9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C856D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#C856D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856D6

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856D6	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E7DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB698E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.210 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ce3',
    500: '#c856d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856d6;
$custom-light: #dc8ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.438,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6463,
    "c": 0.21044,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856D6

secondary

#B0DDAB

accent

#E44455

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856D6

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

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