#C55AEE#C55AEE

#C55AEE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.226 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55AEE
RGB	rgb(197, 90, 238)
HSL	hsl(283, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 62.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 64.70, -56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 85.91, 318.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% 0.1607 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.226 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1123, 25.3571, 83.5484)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55AEE #83EE5A

analogous

#7B5AEE #C55AEE #EE5ACD

triadic

#C55AEE #EEC55A #5AEEC5

tetradic

#C55AEE #EE7B5A #83EE5A #5ACDEE

square

#C55AEE #EE7B5A #83EE5A #5ACDEE

split-complementary

#C55AEE #CDEE5A #5AEE7B

monochromatic

#8C13BA #B123E8 #C55AEE #D991F4 #ECC9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#C55AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#C55AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55AEE

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55AEE	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2484F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588DEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2759C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 90, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.226 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8ff4',
    500: '#c55aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55aee;
$custom-light: #da8ff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.378,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66085,
    "c": 0.22574,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55AEE

secondary

#C6ECB8

accent

#DE0843

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55AEE

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

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