#C856E0#C856E0

#C856E0 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.219 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856E0
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 224)
HSL	hsl(290, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(290, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 61.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, 64.47, -50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 81.74, 322.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.1688 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.219 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6001, 24.3187, 73.0619)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856E0 #6EE056

analogous

#8356E0 #C856E0 #E056B3

triadic

#C856E0 #E0C856 #56E0C8

tetradic

#C856E0 #E08356 #6EE056 #56B3E0

square

#C856E0 #E08356 #6EE056 #56B3E0

split-complementary

#C856E0 #B3E056 #56E083

monochromatic

#881D9F #B427D2 #C856E0 #D98AE9 #EABDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#C856E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#C856E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856E0

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856E0	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#337FE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628BDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.219 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8cea',
    500: '#c856e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856e0;
$custom-light: #dc8cea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.565,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65182,
    "c": 0.21941,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856E0

secondary

#B8E3AF

accent

#D11535

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856E0

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

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