#C255D6#C255D6

#C255D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.209 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255D6
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 214)
HSL	hsl(291, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(291, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 60.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 61.59, -47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 77.51, 322.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.1628 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.209 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6329, 22.8232, 66.0283)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255D6 #69D655

analogous

#8155D6 #C255D6 #D655A9

triadic

#C255D6 #D6C255 #55D6C2

tetradic

#C255D6 #D68155 #69D655 #55A9D6

square

#C255D6 #D68155 #69D655 #55A9D6

split-complementary

#C255D6 #A9D655 #55D681

monochromatic

#7E228E #A92EC0 #C255D6 #D486E2 #E5B8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C255D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C255D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255D6

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255D6	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#387CDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6287D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4698E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.209 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78be3',
    500: '#c255d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255d6;
$custom-light: #d78be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.698,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63741,
    "c": 0.20894,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255D6

secondary

#B2DDAA

accent

#E4445C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255D6

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

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