#C856E5#C856E5

#C856E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.224 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856E5
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(288, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 65.41, -52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 83.96, 321.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.1689 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.224 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2882, 24.5939, 76.6858)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856E5 #73E556

analogous

#8156E5 #C856E5 #E556BB

triadic

#C856E5 #E5C856 #56E5C8

tetradic

#C856E5 #E58156 #73E556 #56BBE5

square

#C856E5 #E58156 #73E556 #56BBE5

split-complementary

#C856E5 #BBE556 #56E581

monochromatic

#8A1AA7 #B622DC #C856E5 #D98BED #EBC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#C856E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#C856E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856E5

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856E5	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C80E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.224 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8dee',
    500: '#c856e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856e5;
$custom-light: #dc8dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.832,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65467,
    "c": 0.22396,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856E5

secondary

#BCE6B1

accent

#D51038

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856E5

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

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