#C855B6#C855B6

#C855B6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.185 H 334.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855B6
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 182)
HSL	hsl(309, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 9%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, 57.57, -29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 64.80, 332.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.1663 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.185 334)
XYZ	xyz(35.5115, 22.1564, 46.6531)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855B6 #55C867

analogous

#A055C8 #C855B6 #C8557C

triadic

#C855B6 #B6C855 #55B6C8

tetradic

#C855B6 #C8A055 #55C867 #557CC8

square

#C855B6 #C8A055 #55C867 #557CC8

split-complementary

#C855B6 #7CC855 #55C8A0

monochromatic

#7B286E #A93797 #C855B6 #D783CA #E6B1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#C855B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#C855B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855B6

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855B6	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5477B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7788B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D15D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.185 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8bcc',
    500: '#c855b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855b6;
$custom-light: #db8bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.391,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62901,
    "c": 0.18494,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.22154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855B6

secondary

#A5D4AC

accent

#DB634D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F8

border

#D4CBD1

text

#150C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855B6

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

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