#C255E7#C255E7

#C255E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.225 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255E7
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 231)
HSL	hsl(285, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 63.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 64.85, -55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 85.14, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% 0.163 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.225 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9183, 23.7374, 78.0648)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255E7 #7AE755

analogous

#7955E7 #C255E7 #E755C3

triadic

#C255E7 #E7C255 #55E7C2

tetradic

#C255E7 #E77955 #7AE755 #55C3E7

square

#C255E7 #E77955 #7AE755 #55C3E7

split-complementary

#C255E7 #C3E755 #55E779

monochromatic

#8518AA #AF20DF #C255E7 #D58BEF #E8C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C255E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C255E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255E7

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255E7	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F7FEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5689E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.225 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88cef',
    500: '#c255e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255e7;
$custom-light: #d88cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.795,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64719,
    "c": 0.22467,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255E7

secondary

#BFE7B1

accent

#D70E41

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255E7

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

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