#C856E8#C856E8

#C856E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.227 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856E8
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(287, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(287, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, 65.98, -54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 85.30, 320.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% 0.1689 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.227 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7107, 24.7629, 78.9109)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856E8 #76E856

analogous

#7F56E8 #C856E8 #E856BF

triadic

#C856E8 #E8C856 #56E8C8

tetradic

#C856E8 #E87F56 #76E856 #56BFE8

square

#C856E8 #E87F56 #76E856 #56BFE8

split-complementary

#C856E8 #BFE856 #56E87F

monochromatic

#8C17AC #B620E1 #C856E8 #DA8CEF #EBC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#C856E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#C856E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856E8

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856E8	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2781EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C76F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.227 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8df0',
    500: '#c856e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856e8;
$custom-light: #dc8df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.849,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65641,
    "c": 0.2267,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856E8

secondary

#BEE8B2

accent

#D80D3A

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856E8

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

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