#C555E9#C555E9

#C555E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.228 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C555E9
RGB	rgb(197, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(285, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 65.92, -55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 86.14, 319.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% 0.1665 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.228 317)
XYZ	xyz(40.9803, 24.2521, 79.5975)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C555E9 #79E955

analogous

#7B55E9 #C555E9 #E955C3

triadic

#C555E9 #E9C555 #55E9C5

tetradic

#C555E9 #E97B55 #79E955 #55C3E9

square

#C555E9 #E97B55 #79E955 #55C3E9

split-complementary

#C555E9 #C3E955 #55E97B

monochromatic

#8916AD #B31FE2 #C555E9 #D78BF0 #EAC1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C555E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#C555E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C555E9

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C555E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C555E9	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F80ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588AE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c555e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.228 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8cf1',
    500: '#c555e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c555e9;
$custom-light: #da8cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c555e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.405,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65211,
    "c": 0.22772,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.24251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C555E9

secondary

#BFE8B2

accent

#D90C3E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C555E9

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

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