#C856E9#C856E9

#C856E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.228 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856E9
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(287, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(287, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, 66.17, -54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 85.74, 320.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.1689 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.228 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8531, 24.8199, 79.6611)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856E9 #77E956

analogous

#7F56E9 #C856E9 #E956C0

triadic

#C856E9 #E9C856 #56E9C8

tetradic

#C856E9 #E97F56 #77E956 #56C0E9

square

#C856E9 #E97F56 #77E956 #56C0E9

split-complementary

#C856E9 #C0E956 #56E97F

monochromatic

#8C17AE #B620E2 #C856E9 #DA8CF0 #EBC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#C856E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#C856E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856E9

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856E9	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2681ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.228 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8df1',
    500: '#c856e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856e9;
$custom-light: #dc8df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.531,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65699,
    "c": 0.22762,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856E9

secondary

#BFE8B3

accent

#D90C3A

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856E9

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

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