#C455E7#C455E7

#C455E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.225 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C455E7
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 231)
HSL	hsl(286, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(286, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 63.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 65.31, -54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 85.21, 320.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.1653 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.225 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4352, 24.0039, 78.0891)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C455E7 #78E755

analogous

#7B55E7 #C455E7 #E755C1

triadic

#C455E7 #E7C455 #55E7C4

tetradic

#C455E7 #E77B55 #78E755 #55C1E7

square

#C455E7 #E77B55 #78E755 #55C1E7

split-complementary

#C455E7 #C1E755 #55E77B

monochromatic

#8718AA #B120DF #C455E7 #D78BEF #E9C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#C455E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#C455E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C455E7

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C455E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C455E7	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#227FEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#598AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c455e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.225 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98cef',
    500: '#c455e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c455e7;
$custom-light: #d98cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c455e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.616,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64968,
    "c": 0.22547,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C455E7

secondary

#BEE7B1

accent

#D70E3E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C455E7

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

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