#C856E1#C856E1

#C856E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.220 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856E1
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(289, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(289, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, 64.65, -50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 82.18, 321.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.1688 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.22 320)
XYZ	xyz(40.7361, 24.3731, 73.7783)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856E1 #6FE156

analogous

#8256E1 #C856E1 #E156B4

triadic

#C856E1 #E1C856 #56E1C8

tetradic

#C856E1 #E18256 #6FE156 #56B4E1

square

#C856E1 #E18256 #6FE156 #56B4E1

split-complementary

#C856E1 #B4E156 #56E182

monochromatic

#881CA0 #B526D4 #C856E1 #D98AEA #EABEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C856E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#C856E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856E1

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856E1	1.00	3.57	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#327FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618BDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.220 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ceb',
    500: '#c856e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856e1;
$custom-light: #dc8ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.209,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65239,
    "c": 0.22032,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.24371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856E1

secondary

#B9E4AF

accent

#D21436

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856E1

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

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