#C55EDD#C55EDD

#C55EDD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.204 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55EDD
RGB	rgb(197, 94, 221)
HSL	hsl(289, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(289, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 57.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 59.55, -47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 76.10, 321.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.1555 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.204 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0782, 25.0979, 71.1259)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55EDD #76DD5E

analogous

#865EDD #C55EDD #DD5EB6

triadic

#C55EDD #DDC55E #5EDDC5

tetradic

#C55EDD #DD865E #76DD5E #5EB6DD

square

#C55EDD #DD865E #76DD5E #5EB6DD

split-complementary

#C55EDD #B6DD5E #5EDD86

monochromatic

#87229F #B22CD2 #C55EDD #D791E8 #E9C3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#C55EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#C55EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55EDD

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55EDD	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4282E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C67295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 94, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.204 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d991e8',
    500: '#c55edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55edd;
$custom-light: #d991e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.661,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65604,
    "c": 0.20393,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55EDD

secondary

#BDE3B4

accent

#CD193B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55EDD

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

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