#C856E6#C856E6

#C856E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.225 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856E6
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(288, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, 65.60, -53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 84.40, 321.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% 0.1689 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.225 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4282, 24.6499, 77.4232)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856E6 #74E656

analogous

#8056E6 #C856E6 #E656BC

triadic

#C856E6 #E6C856 #56E6C8

tetradic

#C856E6 #E68056 #74E656 #56BCE6

square

#C856E6 #E68056 #74E656 #56BCE6

split-complementary

#C856E6 #BCE656 #56E680

monochromatic

#8B19A9 #B721DE #C856E6 #D98BEE #EBC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#C856E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#C856E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856E6

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856E6	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B81EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.225 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8dee',
    500: '#c856e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856e6;
$custom-light: #dc8dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.5,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65525,
    "c": 0.22487,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856E6

secondary

#BCE6B1

accent

#D60F39

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856E6

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

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