#C255BD#C255BD

#C255BD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.187 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255BD
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 189)
HSL	hsl(303, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(303, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 2.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, 57.09, -34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 66.82, 328.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.1607 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.187 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6816, 21.6427, 50.4850)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255BD #55C25A

analogous

#9055C2 #C255BD #C25587

triadic

#C255BD #BDC255 #55BDC2

tetradic

#C255BD #C29055 #55C25A #5587C2

square

#C255BD #C29055 #55C25A #5587C2

split-complementary

#C255BD #87C255 #55C290

monochromatic

#732970 #A03A9C #C255BD #D282CE #E2AFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#C255BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#C255BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255BD

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255BD	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D77C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F85BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.187 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ad1',
    500: '#c255bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255bd;
$custom-light: #d78ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.752,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62429,
    "c": 0.18683,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255BD

secondary

#A2D0A5

accent

#D75751

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255BD

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

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