#C255CC#C255CC

#C255CC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.200 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255CC
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 204)
HSL	hsl(295, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(295, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 58.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, 59.75, -42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 73.14, 324.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.1622 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.2 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3948, 22.3280, 59.5077)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C255CC #5FCC55

analogous

#8755CC #C255CC #CC559B

triadic

#C255CC #CCC255 #55CCC2

tetradic

#C255CC #CC8755 #5FCC55 #559BCC

square

#C255CC #CC8755 #5FCC55 #559BCC

split-complementary

#C255CC #9BCC55 #55CC87

monochromatic

#792680 #A535AF #C255CC #D384DA #E4B3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#C255CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#C255CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255CC

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255CC	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#427AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6887C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.200 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78bdc',
    500: '#c255cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255cc;
$custom-light: #d78bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.958,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63197,
    "c": 0.19991,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255CC

secondary

#AAD7A6

accent

#DD4B57

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255CC

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

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