#C255E6#C255E6

#C255E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.224 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255E6
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(285, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, 64.66, -54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 84.69, 319.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% 0.163 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.224 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7774, 23.6810, 77.3232)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255E6 #79E655

analogous

#7955E6 #C255E6 #E655C2

triadic

#C255E6 #E6C255 #55E6C2

tetradic

#C255E6 #E67955 #79E655 #55C2E6

square

#C255E6 #E67955 #79E655 #55C2E6

split-complementary

#C255E6 #C2E655 #55E679

monochromatic

#8419A8 #AE21DD #C255E6 #D58AEE #E8C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#C255E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#C255E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255E6

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255E6	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#227FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5789E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.224 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88bee',
    500: '#c255e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255e6;
$custom-light: #d88bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.103,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64659,
    "c": 0.22373,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255E6

secondary

#BEE6B1

accent

#D60F41

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255E6

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

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