#C856EC#C856EC

#C856EC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.230 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856EC
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 236)
HSL	hsl(286, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(286, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 63.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, 66.75, -55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 87.09, 320.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.1688 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.23 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2853, 24.9927, 81.9373)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856EC #7AEC56

analogous

#7D56EC #C856EC #EC56C5

triadic

#C856EC #ECC856 #56ECC8

tetradic

#C856EC #EC7D56 #7AEC56 #56C5EC

square

#C856EC #EC7D56 #7AEC56 #56C5EC

split-complementary

#C856EC #C5EC56 #56EC7D

monochromatic

#8D14B3 #B61FE6 #C856EC #DA8DF2 #ECC4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#C856EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#C856EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856EC

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856EC	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F82F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#598CE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7719A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.230 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8df3',
    500: '#c856ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856ec;
$custom-light: #dc8df3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65876,
    "c": 0.23036,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856EC

secondary

#C1EAB4

accent

#DC093C

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856EC

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

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