#C856DE#C856DE

#C856DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.218 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856DE
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 222)
HSL	hsl(290, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(290, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 61.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 64.09, -49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 80.86, 322.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.1688 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.218 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3305, 24.2108, 71.6419)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856DE #6CDE56

analogous

#8456DE #C856DE #DE56B0

triadic

#C856DE #DEC856 #56DEC8

tetradic

#C856DE #DE8456 #6CDE56 #56B0DE

square

#C856DE #DE8456 #6CDE56 #56B0DE

split-complementary

#C856DE #B0DE56 #56DE84

monochromatic

#871E9B #B428CE #C856DE #D989E8 #E9BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C856DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#C856DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856DE

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856DE	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#367FE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.218 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ce9',
    500: '#c856de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856de;
$custom-light: #dc8ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.294,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6507,
    "c": 0.21761,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856DE

secondary

#B6E2AE

accent

#CF1634

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856DE

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

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