#C856D8#C856D8

#C856D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.212 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856D8
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 216)
HSL	hsl(293, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(293, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 60.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, 62.99, -46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 78.24, 323.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% 0.1685 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.212 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5406, 23.8949, 67.4819)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856D8 #66D856

analogous

#8756D8 #C856D8 #D856A7

triadic

#C856D8 #D8C856 #56D8C8

tetradic

#C856D8 #D88756 #66D856 #56A7D8

square

#C856D8 #D88756 #66D856 #56A7D8

split-complementary

#C856D8 #A7D856 #56D887

monochromatic

#842292 #B12DC4 #C856D8 #D888E3 #E8B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#C856D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#C856D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856D8

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856D8	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C7EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB698F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.212 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ce4',
    500: '#c856d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856d8;
$custom-light: #dc8ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.615,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64738,
    "c": 0.21222,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856D8

secondary

#B2DEAB

accent

#E64256

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856D8

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

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