#C255FD#C255FD

#C255FD is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.245 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255FD
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 253)
HSL	hsl(279, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(279, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 66.4%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, 69.27, -65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 95.22, 316.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% 0.1619 -0.1844)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.245 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2229, 25.0592, 95.4695)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255FD #90FD55

analogous

#6E55FD #C255FD #FD55E4

triadic

#C255FD #FDC255 #55FDC2

tetradic

#C255FD #FD6E55 #90FD55 #55E4FD

square

#C255FD #FD6E55 #90FD55 #55E4FD

split-complementary

#C255FD #E4FD55 #55FD6E

monochromatic

#8B03D5 #AC19FC #C255FD #D891FE #EDCEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#C255FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#C255FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255FD

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255FD	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0084FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#418BF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB78A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.245 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98cff',
    500: '#c255fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255fd;
$custom-light: #d98cff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.929,
    "s": 97.674,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6608,
    "c": 0.2454,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255FD

secondary

#CFF2BB

accent

#E60051

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150D18

muted

#837E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255FD

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

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