#C255E4#C255E4

#C255E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.222 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255E4
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(286, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(286, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, 64.27, -53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 83.79, 320.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% 0.163 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.222 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4982, 23.5693, 75.8525)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255E4 #77E455

analogous

#7B55E4 #C255E4 #E455BF

triadic

#C255E4 #E4C255 #55E4C2

tetradic

#C255E4 #E47B55 #77E455 #55BFE4

square

#C255E4 #E47B55 #77E455 #55BFE4

split-complementary

#C255E4 #BFE455 #55E47B

monochromatic

#841AA4 #AE23D9 #C255E4 #D58AEC #E8BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C255E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#C255E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255E4

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255E4	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5989E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.222 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88bed',
    500: '#c255e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255e4;
$custom-light: #d88bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.734,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64541,
    "c": 0.22186,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255E4

secondary

#BCE5B0

accent

#D5113F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255E4

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

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