#C856EA#C856EA

#C856EA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.229 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856EA
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 234)
HSL	hsl(286, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(286, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 63.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, 66.36, -55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 86.19, 320.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.1689 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.229 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9964, 24.8772, 80.4155)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856EA #78EA56

analogous

#7E56EA #C856EA #EA56C2

triadic

#C856EA #EAC856 #56EAC8

tetradic

#C856EA #EA7E56 #78EA56 #56C2EA

square

#C856EA #EA7E56 #78EA56 #56C2EA

split-complementary

#C856EA #C2EA56 #56EA7E

monochromatic

#8C16B0 #B620E3 #C856EA #DA8CF1 #EBC3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#C856EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#C856EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856EA

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856EA	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2481EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.229 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8df1',
    500: '#c856ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856ea;
$custom-light: #dc8df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.216,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65758,
    "c": 0.22853,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856EA

secondary

#BFE9B3

accent

#DA0B3B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856EA

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

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