#C255DD#C255DD

#C255DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.215 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255DD
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(288, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(288, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, 62.92, -50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 80.63, 321.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% 0.163 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.215 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5461, 23.1885, 70.8380)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255DD #70DD55

analogous

#7E55DD #C255DD #DD55B4

triadic

#C255DD #DDC255 #55DDC2

tetradic

#C255DD #DD7E55 #70DD55 #55B4DD

square

#C255DD #DD7E55 #70DD55 #55B4DD

split-complementary

#C255DD #B4DD55 #55DD7E

monochromatic

#811F99 #AC29CC #C255DD #D488E7 #E7BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#C255DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#C255DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255DD

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255DD	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E88DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.215 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88be8',
    500: '#c255dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255dd;
$custom-light: #d88be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.088,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64135,
    "c": 0.21537,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255DD

secondary

#B7E1AD

accent

#EA3E60

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255DD

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

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