#C555E4#C555E4

#C555E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.223 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C555E4
RGB	rgb(197, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(287, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(287, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, 64.96, -53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 83.89, 320.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.1665 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.223 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2761, 23.9704, 75.8890)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C555E4 #74E455

analogous

#7E55E4 #C555E4 #E455BC

triadic

#C555E4 #E4C555 #55E4C5

tetradic

#C555E4 #E47E55 #74E455 #55BCE4

square

#C555E4 #E47E55 #74E455 #55BCE4

split-complementary

#C555E4 #BCE455 #55E47E

monochromatic

#861AA4 #B223D9 #C555E4 #D78AEC #E9BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#C555E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#C555E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C555E4

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C555E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C555E4	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c555e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.223 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8ced',
    500: '#c555e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c555e4;
$custom-light: #da8ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c555e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.993,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64918,
    "c": 0.22311,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C555E4

secondary

#BBE5B0

accent

#D5113B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C555E4

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

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