#C856F2#C856F2

#C856F2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.236 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856F2
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 242)
HSL	hsl(284, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(284, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 64.5%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 67.91, -58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 89.79, 319.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% 0.1687 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.236 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1717, 25.3473, 86.6056)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856F2 #80F256

analogous

#7A56F2 #C856F2 #F256CE

triadic

#C856F2 #F2C856 #56F2C8

tetradic

#C856F2 #F27A56 #80F256 #56CEF2

square

#C856F2 #F27A56 #80F256 #56CEF2

split-complementary

#C856F2 #CEF256 #56F27A

monochromatic

#8F0FBF #B61DEE #C856F2 #DA8FF6 #EDC8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#C856F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#C856F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856F2

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856F2	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D83F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#558DEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5739D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.236 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8df7',
    500: '#c856f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856f2;
$custom-light: #dc8df7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.846,
    "s": 85.714,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66234,
    "c": 0.23591,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856F2

secondary

#C5EDB7

accent

#E2033F

background

#FEF9FF

surface

#FCF1FF

border

#D5CBD7

text

#150D17

muted

#847E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856F2

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

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