#C255FF#C255FF

#C255FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.247 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C255FF
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 255)
HSL	hsl(278, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(278, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 66.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, 69.68, -66.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 96.14, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% 0.1617 -0.1871)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.247 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5432, 25.1873, 97.1562)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C255FF #92FF55

analogous

#6D55FF #C255FF #FF55E7

triadic

#C255FF #FFC255 #55FFC2

tetradic

#C255FF #FF6D55 #92FF55 #55E7FF

square

#C255FF #FF6D55 #92FF55 #55E7FF

split-complementary

#C255FF #E7FF55 #55FF6D

monochromatic

#8C00DA #AC18FF #C255FF #D892FF #EECFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#C255FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#C255FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C255FF

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C255FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C255FF	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0084FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E8BFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA79A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c255ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.247 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98cff',
    500: '#c255ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c255ff;
$custom-light: #d98cff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c255ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.471,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66209,
    "c": 0.2473,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C255FF

secondary

#D0F3BD

accent

#E60052

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150D18

muted

#837E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #C255FF

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

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