#C856E4#C856E4

#C856E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.223 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856E4
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(288, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, 65.22, -52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 83.51, 321.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% 0.1689 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.223 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1490, 24.5382, 75.9526)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856E4 #72E456

analogous

#8156E4 #C856E4 #E456B9

triadic

#C856E4 #E4C856 #56E4C8

tetradic

#C856E4 #E48156 #72E456 #56B9E4

square

#C856E4 #E48156 #72E456 #56B9E4

split-complementary

#C856E4 #B9E456 #56E481

monochromatic

#8A1AA5 #B623DA #C856E4 #D98BEC #EAC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#C856E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#C856E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856E4

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856E4	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E80E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.223 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ced',
    500: '#c856e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856e4;
$custom-light: #dc8ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.169,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6541,
    "c": 0.22304,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856E4

secondary

#BBE5B0

accent

#D51138

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856E4

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

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