#C255D3#C255D3

#C255D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.206 H 322.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255D3
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 211)
HSL	hsl(292, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(292, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 59.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, 61.03, -45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 76.19, 323.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% 0.1626 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.206 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2533, 22.6714, 64.0291)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255D3 #66D355

analogous

#8355D3 #C255D3 #D355A5

triadic

#C255D3 #D3C255 #55D3C2

tetradic

#C255D3 #D38355 #66D355 #55A5D3

square

#C255D3 #D38355 #66D355 #55A5D3

split-complementary

#C255D3 #A5D355 #55D383

monochromatic

#7C248A #A830BB #C255D3 #D386E0 #E5B6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#C255D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#C255D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255D3

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255D3	1.00	3.79	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B7BD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6487D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4688C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.206 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78be1',
    500: '#c255d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255d3;
$custom-light: #d78be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.905,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63575,
    "c": 0.20622,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255D3

secondary

#B0DBA9

accent

#E2465B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255D3

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

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