#C255D4#C255D4

#C255D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.207 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255D4
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 212)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(291, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 59.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 61.22, -46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 76.63, 323.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% 0.1627 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.207 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3790, 22.7217, 64.6914)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255D4 #67D455

analogous

#8255D4 #C255D4 #D455A6

triadic

#C255D4 #D4C255 #55D4C2

tetradic

#C255D4 #D48255 #67D455 #55A6D4

square

#C255D4 #D48255 #67D455 #55A6D4

split-complementary

#C255D4 #A6D455 #55D482

monochromatic

#7D238B #A830BC #C255D4 #D486E0 #E5B7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#C255D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#C255D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255D4

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255D4	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7BD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6487D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4688D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.207 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78be2',
    500: '#c255d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255d4;
$custom-light: #d78be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.496,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6363,
    "c": 0.20712,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255D4

secondary

#B0DCA9

accent

#E3455B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255D4

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

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