#C855A5#C855A5

#C855A5 is a light, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.172 H 341.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855A5
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 165)
HSL	hsl(318, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(318, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 17.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, 54.93, -20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 58.79, 339.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.163 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.172 341)
XYZ	xyz(33.8601, 21.4958, 37.9558)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855A5 #55C878

analogous

#B155C8 #C855A5 #C8556B

triadic

#C855A5 #A5C855 #55A5C8

tetradic

#C855A5 #C8B155 #55C878 #556BC8

square

#C855A5 #C8B155 #55C878 #556BC8

split-complementary

#C855A5 #6BC855 #55C8B1

monochromatic

#7B2862 #A93786 #C855A5 #D783BD #E6B1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#C855A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#C855A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855A5

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855A5	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C74A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D87A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.172 341.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8abf',
    500: '#c855a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855a5;
$custom-light: #dc8abf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318.261,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62151,
    "c": 0.17237,
    "h": 341
  },
  "luminance": 0.21493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855A5

secondary

#A5D4B3

accent

#DB784D

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FBF0F7

border

#D4CBD0

text

#150C12

muted

#837D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855A5

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

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