#C856D7#C856D7

#C856D7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.211 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856D7
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 215)
HSL	hsl(293, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(293, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 60%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, 62.80, -45.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 77.80, 323.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.1685 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.211 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4117, 23.8433, 66.8031)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856D7 #65D756

analogous

#8856D7 #C856D7 #D756A6

triadic

#C856D7 #D7C856 #56D7C8

tetradic

#C856D7 #D78856 #65D756 #56A6D7

square

#C856D7 #D78856 #65D756 #56A6D7

split-complementary

#C856D7 #A6D756 #56D788

monochromatic

#842290 #B12EC2 #C856D7 #D887E3 #E8B9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#C856D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#C856D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856D7

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856D7	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D7DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB698F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.211 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ce4',
    500: '#c856d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856d7;
$custom-light: #dc8ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.023,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64684,
    "c": 0.21134,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856D7

secondary

#B1DEAB

accent

#E54356

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856D7

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

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