#C255BF#C255BF

#C255BF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.189 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255BF
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 191)
HSL	hsl(302, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(302, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 1.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, 57.44, -35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 67.64, 328.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.1609 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.189 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9002, 21.7301, 51.6362)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255BF #55C258

analogous

#8E55C2 #C255BF #C25589

triadic

#C255BF #BFC255 #55BFC2

tetradic

#C255BF #C28E55 #55C258 #5589C2

square

#C255BF #C28E55 #55C258 #5589C2

split-complementary

#C255BF #89C255 #55C28E

monochromatic

#732971 #A03A9D #C255BF #D282D0 #E2AFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#C255BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#C255BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255BF

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255BF	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B77C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.189 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ad2',
    500: '#c255bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255bf;
$custom-light: #d78ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.651,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62528,
    "c": 0.18853,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255BF

secondary

#A2D0A4

accent

#D75551

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255BF

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

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