#C856DD#C856DD

#C856DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.217 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856DD
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(291, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(291, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, 63.91, -48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 80.42, 322.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.1687 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.217 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1969, 24.1574, 70.9381)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856DD #6BDD56

analogous

#8556DD #C856DD #DD56AE

triadic

#C856DD #DDC856 #56DDC8

tetradic

#C856DD #DD8556 #6BDD56 #56AEDD

square

#C856DD #DD8556 #6BDD56 #56AEDD

split-complementary

#C856DD #AEDD56 #56DD85

monochromatic

#871F9A #B329CD #C856DD #D989E7 #E9BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#C856DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#C856DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856DD

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856DD	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.217 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ce8',
    500: '#c856dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856dd;
$custom-light: #dc8ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65014,
    "c": 0.21671,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856DD

secondary

#B6E1AE

accent

#CE1734

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856DD

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

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