#C455CB#C455CB

#C455CB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.200 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C455CB
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 203)
HSL	hsl(296, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(296, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 58.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 60.08, -41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 72.87, 325.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% 0.1644 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.2 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7921, 22.5467, 58.9023)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C455CB #5CCB55

analogous

#8955CB #C455CB #CB5597

triadic

#C455CB #CBC455 #55CBC4

tetradic

#C455CB #CB8955 #5CCB55 #5597CB

square

#C455CB #CB8955 #5CCB55 #5597CB

split-complementary

#C455CB #97CB55 #55CB89

monochromatic

#7A277F #A735AE #C455CB #D484D9 #E5B3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C455CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#C455CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C455CB

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C455CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C455CB	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#447ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A87C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c455cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.200 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98bdb',
    500: '#c455cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c455cb;
$custom-light: #d98bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c455cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.441,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63405,
    "c": 0.20008,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C455CB

secondary

#A9D6A6

accent

#DD4B54

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C455CB

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

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