#C455E9#C455E9

#C455E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.227 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C455E9
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(285, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, 65.70, -55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 86.11, 319.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.1653 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.227 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7192, 24.1175, 79.5852)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C455E9 #7AE955

analogous

#7A55E9 #C455E9 #E955C4

triadic

#C455E9 #E9C455 #55E9C4

tetradic

#C455E9 #E97A55 #7AE955 #55C4E9

square

#C455E9 #E97A55 #7AE955 #55C4E9

split-complementary

#C455E9 #C4E955 #55E97A

monochromatic

#8716AD #B11FE2 #C455E9 #D78BF0 #EAC1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#C455E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#C455E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C455E9

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C455E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C455E9	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E80ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#578AE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c455e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.227 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98cf1',
    500: '#c455e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c455e9;
$custom-light: #d98cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c455e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65087,
    "c": 0.22732,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C455E9

secondary

#BFE8B2

accent

#D90C3F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C455E9

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

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