#C255BE#C255BE

#C255BE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.188 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255BE
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 190)
HSL	hsl(302, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(302, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 2.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, 57.27, -35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 67.23, 328.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.1608 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.188 329)
XYZ	xyz(34.7905, 21.6862, 51.0586)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255BE #55C259

analogous

#9055C2 #C255BE #C25588

triadic

#C255BE #BEC255 #55BEC2

tetradic

#C255BE #C29055 #55C259 #5588C2

square

#C255BE #C29055 #55C259 #5588C2

split-complementary

#C255BE #88C255 #55C290

monochromatic

#732971 #A03A9D #C255BE #D282CF #E2AFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#C255BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#C255BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255BE

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255BE	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C77C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.188 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ad2',
    500: '#c255be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255be;
$custom-light: #d78ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.202,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62478,
    "c": 0.18768,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.21684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255BE

secondary

#A2D0A4

accent

#D75651

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255BE

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

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