#C455D9#C455D9

#C455D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.213 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C455D9
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 217)
HSL	hsl(290, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(290, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 60.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, 62.64, -48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 78.95, 322.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.1652 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.213 321)
XYZ	xyz(38.5364, 23.2444, 68.0889)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C455D9 #6AD955

analogous

#8255D9 #C455D9 #D955AC

triadic

#C455D9 #D9C455 #55D9C4

tetradic

#C455D9 #D98255 #6AD955 #55ACD9

square

#C455D9 #D98255 #6AD955 #55ACD9

split-complementary

#C455D9 #ACD955 #55D982

monochromatic

#812193 #AC2CC5 #C455D9 #D587E4 #E7B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#C455D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#C455D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C455D9

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C455D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C455D9	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#367DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6289D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c455d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.213 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98be5',
    500: '#c455d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c455d9;
$custom-light: #d98be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c455d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.455,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64163,
    "c": 0.21261,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.23243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C455D9

secondary

#B3DFAB

accent

#E6415C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C455D9

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

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