#C455E4#C455E4

#C455E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.223 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C455E4
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(287, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(287, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, 64.73, -53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 83.86, 320.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% 0.1654 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.223 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0151, 23.8358, 75.8767)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C455E4 #75E455

analogous

#7D55E4 #C455E4 #E455BD

triadic

#C455E4 #E4C455 #55E4C4

tetradic

#C455E4 #E47D55 #75E455 #55BDE4

square

#C455E4 #E47D55 #75E455 #55BDE4

split-complementary

#C455E4 #BDE455 #55E47D

monochromatic

#861AA4 #B023D9 #C455E4 #D68AEC #E9BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#C455E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#C455E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C455E4

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C455E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C455E4	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c455e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.223 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98ced',
    500: '#c455e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c455e4;
$custom-light: #d98ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c455e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.573,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64792,
    "c": 0.22269,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C455E4

secondary

#BCE5B0

accent

#D5113D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C455E4

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

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