#C255F4#C255F4

#C255F4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.237 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255F4
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 244)
HSL	hsl(281, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(281, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 65.2%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, 67.44, -61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 91.08, 317.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% 0.1625 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.237 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8229, 24.4992, 88.0961)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255F4 #87F455

analogous

#7355F4 #C255F4 #F455D7

triadic

#C255F4 #F4C255 #55F4C2

tetradic

#C255F4 #F47355 #87F455 #55D7F4

square

#C255F4 #F47355 #87F455 #55D7F4

split-complementary

#C255F4 #D7F455 #55F473

monochromatic

#890DC2 #AD1CF0 #C255F4 #D78EF8 #EBC8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#C255F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#C255F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255F4

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255F4	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0082F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B8AF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD749E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.237 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88cf8',
    500: '#c255f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255f4;
$custom-light: #d88cf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.132,
    "s": 87.845,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65511,
    "c": 0.23688,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255F4

secondary

#C8EEB7

accent

#E40149

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FBF0FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255F4

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

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