#C255C8#C255C8

#C255C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.196 H 325.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255C8
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 200)
HSL	hsl(297, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(297, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 57.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, 59.03, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 71.42, 325.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% 0.1619 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.196 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9212, 22.1385, 57.0135)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255C8 #5BC855

analogous

#8855C8 #C255C8 #C85594

triadic

#C255C8 #C8C255 #55C8C2

tetradic

#C255C8 #C88855 #5BC855 #5594C8

square

#C255C8 #C88855 #5BC855 #5594C8

split-complementary

#C255C8 #94C855 #55C888

monochromatic

#77287B #A337A9 #C255C8 #D383D7 #E3B1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#C255C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#C255C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255C8

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255C8	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4579CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A86C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.196 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78bd9',
    500: '#c255c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255c8;
$custom-light: #d78bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.87,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62987,
    "c": 0.19636,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255C8

secondary

#A7D4A5

accent

#DB4D55

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255C8

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

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