#C455BE#C455BE

#C455BE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.189 H 329.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C455BE
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 190)
HSL	hsl(303, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(303, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 3.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, 57.80, -34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 67.45, 328.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% 0.1631 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.189 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3074, 21.9528, 51.0829)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C455BE #55C45B

analogous

#9255C4 #C455BE #C45587

triadic

#C455BE #BEC455 #55BEC4

tetradic

#C455BE #C49255 #55C45B #5587C4

square

#C455BE #C49255 #55C45B #5587C4

split-complementary

#C455BE #87C455 #55C492

monochromatic

#762972 #A3399D #C455BE #D482CF #E4B0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#C455BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#C455BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C455BE

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C455BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C455BE	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D77C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c455be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.189 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98bd2',
    500: '#c455be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c455be;
$custom-light: #d98bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c455be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.243,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62744,
    "c": 0.18889,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C455BE

secondary

#A3D2A6

accent

#D85750

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C455BE

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

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