#C255D5#C255D5

#C255D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.208 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255D5
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 213)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(291, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 60.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, 61.41, -46.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 77.07, 322.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% 0.1627 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.208 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5055, 22.7723, 65.3578)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255D5 #68D555

analogous

#8255D5 #C255D5 #D555A8

triadic

#C255D5 #D5C255 #55D5C2

tetradic

#C255D5 #D58255 #68D555 #55A8D5

square

#C255D5 #D58255 #68D555 #55A8D5

split-complementary

#C255D5 #A8D555 #55D582

monochromatic

#7D238D #A92FBE #C255D5 #D486E1 #E5B7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C255D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#C255D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255D5

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255D5	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6387D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4698D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.208 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78be2',
    500: '#c255d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255d5;
$custom-light: #d78be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.094,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63685,
    "c": 0.20803,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255D5

secondary

#B1DCA9

accent

#E4445C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255D5

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

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