#C550E5#C550E5

#C550E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.231 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C550E5
RGB	rgb(197, 80, 229)
HSL	hsl(287, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(287, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 65.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, 67.28, -54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 86.76, 320.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.1721 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.231 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0355, 23.2665, 76.4956)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C550E5 #70E550

analogous

#7A50E5 #C550E5 #E550BA

triadic

#C550E5 #E5C550 #50E5C5

tetradic

#C550E5 #E57A50 #70E550 #50BAE5

square

#C550E5 #E57A50 #70E550 #50BAE5

split-complementary

#C550E5 #BAE550 #50E57A

monochromatic

#8518A2 #B020D8 #C550E5 #D785ED #E8BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#C550E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#C550E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C550E5

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C550E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C550E5	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5788E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c550e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 80, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.231 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da89ee',
    500: '#c550e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c550e5;
$custom-light: #da89ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c550e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.114,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64422,
    "c": 0.23057,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C550E5

secondary

#B8E5AC

accent

#D60F3A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C550E5

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

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