#C856E2#C856E2

#C856E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.221 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856E2
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(289, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(289, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 64.84, -51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 82.63, 321.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.1689 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.221 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8730, 24.4278, 74.4988)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856E2 #70E256

analogous

#8256E2 #C856E2 #E256B6

triadic

#C856E2 #E2C856 #56E2C8

tetradic

#C856E2 #E28256 #70E256 #56B6E2

square

#C856E2 #E28256 #70E256 #56B6E2

split-complementary

#C856E2 #B6E256 #56E282

monochromatic

#891CA2 #B525D6 #C856E2 #D98AEB #EABEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C856E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#C856E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856E2

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856E2	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3080E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.221 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8cec',
    500: '#c856e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856e2;
$custom-light: #dc8cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.857,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65296,
    "c": 0.22123,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856E2

secondary

#B9E4B0

accent

#D31336

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856E2

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

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