#C255D9#C255D9

#C255D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.212 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255D9
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 217)
HSL	hsl(290, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(290, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 60.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 62.16, -48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 78.85, 322.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.1629 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.212 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0195, 22.9779, 68.0647)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255D9 #6CD955

analogous

#8055D9 #C255D9 #D955AE

triadic

#C255D9 #D9C255 #55D9C2

tetradic

#C255D9 #D98055 #6CD955 #55AED9

square

#C255D9 #D98055 #6CD955 #55AED9

split-complementary

#C255D9 #AED955 #55D980

monochromatic

#7F2193 #AA2CC5 #C255D9 #D487E4 #E6B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C255D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C255D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255D9

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255D9	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#357CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6088D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.212 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88be5',
    500: '#c255d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255d9;
$custom-light: #d88be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.545,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63908,
    "c": 0.21169,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255D9

secondary

#B4DFAB

accent

#E6415E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255D9

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

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