#C255BC#C255BC

#C255BC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.186 H 329.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255BC
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 188)
HSL	hsl(303, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(303, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 3.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, 56.92, -34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 66.41, 328.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% 0.1606 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.186 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5734, 21.5994, 49.9153)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255BC #55C25B

analogous

#9255C2 #C255BC #C25585

triadic

#C255BC #BCC255 #55BCC2

tetradic

#C255BC #C29255 #55C25B #5585C2

square

#C255BC #C29255 #55C25B #5585C2

split-complementary

#C255BC #85C255 #55C292

monochromatic

#73296F #A03A9B #C255BC #D282CE #E2AFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#C255BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#C255BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255BC

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255BC	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D77BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7085B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.186 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ad0',
    500: '#c255bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255bc;
$custom-light: #d78ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.303,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62379,
    "c": 0.18599,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255BC

secondary

#A2D0A5

accent

#D75851

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255BC

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

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