#C455E5#C455E5

#C455E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.224 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C455E5
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(286, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(286, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, 64.92, -53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 84.31, 320.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.1653 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.224 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1543, 23.8915, 76.6099)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C455E5 #76E555

analogous

#7C55E5 #C455E5 #E555BE

triadic

#C455E5 #E5C455 #55E5C4

tetradic

#C455E5 #E57C55 #76E555 #55BEE5

square

#C455E5 #E57C55 #76E555 #55BEE5

split-complementary

#C455E5 #BEE555 #55E57C

monochromatic

#8619A6 #B122DB #C455E5 #D68AED #E9BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#C455E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#C455E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C455E5

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C455E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C455E5	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c455e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.224 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98cee',
    500: '#c455e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c455e5;
$custom-light: #d98cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c455e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.25,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6485,
    "c": 0.22361,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C455E5

secondary

#BCE6B0

accent

#D6103D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C455E5

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

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