#C55DE5#C55DE5

#C55DE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.213 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55DE5
RGB	rgb(197, 93, 229)
HSL	hsl(286, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(286, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 59.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 61.56, -51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 80.25, 320.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.1571 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.213 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0812, 25.3577, 76.8441)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55DE5 #7DE55D

analogous

#815DE5 #C55DE5 #E55DC1

triadic

#C55DE5 #E5C55D #5DE5C5

tetradic

#C55DE5 #E5815D #7DE55D #5DC1E5

square

#C55DE5 #E5815D #7DE55D #5DC1E5

split-complementary

#C55DE5 #C1E55D #5DE581

monochromatic

#8A1CAC #B228DD #C55DE5 #D892ED #EBC6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#C55DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#C55DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55DE5

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55DE5	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)

#3883E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 93, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.213 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da90ee',
    500: '#c55de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55de5;
$custom-light: #da90ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65925,
    "c": 0.21299,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55DE5

secondary

#C2E7B7

accent

#D4113F

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55DE5

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

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