#C856E3#C856E3

#C856E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.222 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856E3
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 227)
HSL	hsl(289, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(289, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 62.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 65.03, -51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 83.07, 321.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% 0.1689 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.222 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0106, 24.4828, 75.2236)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856E3 #71E356

analogous

#8256E3 #C856E3 #E356B8

triadic

#C856E3 #E3C856 #56E3C8

tetradic

#C856E3 #E38256 #71E356 #56B8E3

square

#C856E3 #E38256 #71E356 #56B8E3

split-complementary

#C856E3 #B8E356 #56E382

monochromatic

#891BA4 #B624D8 #C856E3 #D98BEC #EABFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#C856E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#C856E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856E3

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856E3	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F80E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.222 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8cec',
    500: '#c856e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856e3;
$custom-light: #dc8cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.511,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65353,
    "c": 0.22214,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856E3

secondary

#BAE5B0

accent

#D41237

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856E3

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

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