#C555CE#C555CE

#C555CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.203 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C555CE
RGB	rgb(197, 85, 206)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(296, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 58.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 60.87, -42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 74.23, 325.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% 0.1658 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.203 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4141, 22.8256, 60.8156)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C555CE #5ECE55

analogous

#8955CE #C555CE #CE559B

triadic

#C555CE #CEC555 #55CEC5

tetradic

#C555CE #CE8955 #5ECE55 #559BCE

square

#C555CE #CE8955 #5ECE55 #559BCE

split-complementary

#C555CE #9BCE55 #55CE89

monochromatic

#7C2683 #A933B2 #C555CE #D585DC #E5B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C555CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C555CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C555CE

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C555CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C555CE	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#427BD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6988CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9668A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c555ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 85, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.203 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98bdd',
    500: '#c555ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c555ce;
$custom-light: #d98bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c555ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.537,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63694,
    "c": 0.20326,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C555CE

secondary

#AAD8A7

accent

#DF4954

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C555CE

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

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