#C455E2#C455E2

#C455E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.221 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C455E2
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 226)
HSL	hsl(287, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(287, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 64.34, -52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 82.96, 320.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.1654 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.221 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7391, 23.7254, 74.4230)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C455E2 #73E255

analogous

#7D55E2 #C455E2 #E255B9

triadic

#C455E2 #E2C455 #55E2C4

tetradic

#C455E2 #E27D55 #73E255 #55B9E2

square

#C455E2 #E27D55 #73E255 #55B9E2

split-complementary

#C455E2 #B9E255 #55E27D

monochromatic

#851BA1 #B024D5 #C455E2 #D689EB #E8BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#C455E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#C455E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C455E2

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C455E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C455E2	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C89DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c455e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.221 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98cec',
    500: '#c455e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c455e2;
$custom-light: #d98cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c455e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.234,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64676,
    "c": 0.22085,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C455E2

secondary

#BAE4AF

accent

#D3133C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C455E2

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

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