#C455E1#C455E1

#C455E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.220 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C455E1
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 225)
HSL	hsl(288, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(288, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, 64.15, -51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 82.51, 321.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% 0.1653 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.22 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6022, 23.6707, 73.7024)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C455E1 #72E155

analogous

#7E55E1 #C455E1 #E155B8

triadic

#C455E1 #E1C455 #55E1C4

tetradic

#C455E1 #E17E55 #72E155 #55B8E1

square

#C455E1 #E17E55 #72E155 #55B8E1

split-complementary

#C455E1 #B8E155 #55E17E

monochromatic

#841C9F #AF25D3 #C455E1 #D689EA #E8BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#C455E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#C455E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C455E1

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C455E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C455E1	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C7EE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D89DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c455e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.220 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98ceb',
    500: '#c455e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c455e1;
$custom-light: #d98ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c455e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64618,
    "c": 0.21992,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C455E1

secondary

#B9E3AE

accent

#D2143B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C455E1

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

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