#C455BF#C455BF

#C455BF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.190 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C455BF
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 191)
HSL	hsl(303, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(303, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 2.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 57.98, -35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 67.86, 328.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.1632 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.19 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4171, 21.9966, 51.6604)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C455BF #55C45A

analogous

#9255C4 #C455BF #C45587

triadic

#C455BF #BFC455 #55BFC4

tetradic

#C455BF #C49255 #55C45A #5587C4

square

#C455BF #C49255 #55C45A #5587C4

split-complementary

#C455BF #87C455 #55C492

monochromatic

#762972 #A3399E #C455BF #D482D0 #E4B0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#C455BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#C455BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C455BF

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C455BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C455BF	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C78C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7087BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c455bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.190 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98bd2',
    500: '#c455bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c455bf;
$custom-light: #d98bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c455bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.703,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62794,
    "c": 0.18973,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C455BF

secondary

#A3D2A5

accent

#D85650

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C455BF

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

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