#C255CA#C255CA

#C255CA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.198 H 324.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255CA
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 202)
HSL	hsl(296, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(296, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 57.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, 59.39, -41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 72.28, 325.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.1621 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.198 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1564, 22.2326, 58.2525)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255CA #5DCA55

analogous

#8855CA #C255CA #CA5598

triadic

#C255CA #CAC255 #55CAC2

tetradic

#C255CA #CA8855 #5DCA55 #5598CA

square

#C255CA #CA8855 #5DCA55 #5598CA

split-complementary

#C255CA #98CA55 #55CA88

monochromatic

#78277D #A436AC #C255CA #D384D9 #E3B2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#C255CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#C255CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255CA

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255CA	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4379CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6986C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.198 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78bda',
    500: '#c255ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255ca;
$custom-light: #d78bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.897,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63091,
    "c": 0.19813,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255CA

secondary

#A9D5A5

accent

#DC4C56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255CA

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

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