#C255B2#C255B2

#C255B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.178 H 333.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255B2
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 178)
HSL	hsl(309, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(309, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 8.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, 55.24, -29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 62.45, 332.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% 0.1591 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.178 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5326, 21.1831, 44.4334)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255B2 #55C265

analogous

#9B55C2 #C255B2 #C2557C

triadic

#C255B2 #B2C255 #55B2C2

tetradic

#C255B2 #C29B55 #55C265 #557CC2

square

#C255B2 #C29B55 #55C265 #557CC2

split-complementary

#C255B2 #7CC255 #55C29B

monochromatic

#732968 #A03A91 #C255B2 #D282C6 #E2AFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#C255B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#C255B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255B2

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255B2	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5375B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7485AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.178 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ac9',
    500: '#c255b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255b2;
$custom-light: #d78ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.807,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61902,
    "c": 0.17774,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255B2

secondary

#A2D0A9

accent

#D76551

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F8

border

#D4CBD1

text

#150C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255B2

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