#C55AE6#C55AE6

#C55AE6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.218 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55AE6
RGB	rgb(197, 90, 230)
HSL	hsl(286, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(286, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 60.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 63.13, -52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 82.27, 320.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% 0.1607 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.218 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9630, 24.8974, 77.4955)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55AE6 #7BE65A

analogous

#7F5AE6 #C55AE6 #E65AC1

triadic

#C55AE6 #E6C55A #5AE6C5

tetradic

#C55AE6 #E67F5A #7BE65A #5AC1E6

square

#C55AE6 #E67F5A #7BE65A #5AC1E6

split-complementary

#C55AE6 #C1E65A #5AE67F

monochromatic

#891AAC #B225DE #C55AE6 #D88FEE #EAC4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#C55AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#C55AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55AE6

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55AE6	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3182EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 90, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.218 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8fee',
    500: '#c55ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55ae6;
$custom-light: #da8fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.857,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65617,
    "c": 0.21816,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55AE6

secondary

#C1E7B5

accent

#D6103E

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55AE6

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

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