#C55AE4#C55AE4

#C55AE4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.216 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55AE4
RGB	rgb(197, 90, 228)
HSL	hsl(287, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(287, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 60.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 62.74, -51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 81.36, 320.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.1607 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.216 318)
XYZ	xyz(40.6838, 24.7857, 76.0248)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55AE4 #79E45A

analogous

#805AE4 #C55AE4 #E45ABE

triadic

#C55AE4 #E4C55A #5AE4C5

tetradic

#C55AE4 #E4805A #79E45A #5ABEE4

square

#C55AE4 #E4805A #79E45A #5ABEE4

split-complementary

#C55AE4 #BEE45A #5AE480

monochromatic

#891CA8 #B325DB #C55AE4 #D78FED #EAC3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#C55AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#C55AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55AE4

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55AE4	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3381E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 90, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.216 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8eed',
    500: '#c55ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55ae4;
$custom-light: #da8eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.522,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65503,
    "c": 0.21626,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.24784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55AE4

secondary

#BFE6B4

accent

#D4123D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55AE4

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

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