#C255CB#C255CB

#C255CB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.199 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255CB
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 203)
HSL	hsl(295, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(295, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 58.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, 59.57, -41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 72.71, 325.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.1621 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.199 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2752, 22.2801, 58.8781)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255CB #5ECB55

analogous

#8755CB #C255CB #CB5599

triadic

#C255CB #CBC255 #55CBC2

tetradic

#C255CB #CB8755 #5ECB55 #5599CB

square

#C255CB #CB8755 #5ECB55 #5599CB

split-complementary

#C255CB #99CB55 #55CB87

monochromatic

#78277F #A435AE #C255CB #D384D9 #E4B3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#C255CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#C255CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255CB

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255CB	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4379CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6987C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.199 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78bdb',
    500: '#c255cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255cb;
$custom-light: #d78bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.424,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63144,
    "c": 0.19902,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255CB

secondary

#A9D6A6

accent

#DD4B56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255CB

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

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