#C855B7#C855B7

#C855B7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.186 H 333.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855B7
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 183)
HSL	hsl(309, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 8.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, 57.73, -30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 65.18, 332.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.1664 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.186 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6152, 22.1978, 47.1993)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855B7 #55C866

analogous

#A055C8 #C855B7 #C8557D

triadic

#C855B7 #B7C855 #55B7C8

tetradic

#C855B7 #C8A055 #55C866 #557DC8

square

#C855B7 #C8A055 #55C866 #557DC8

split-complementary

#C855B7 #7DC855 #55C8A0

monochromatic

#7B286F #A93798 #C855B7 #D783CB #E6B1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#C855B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#C855B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855B7

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855B7	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5377BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7688B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D05D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.186 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8bcd',
    500: '#c855b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855b7;
$custom-light: #db8bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.87,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62948,
    "c": 0.18572,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855B7

secondary

#A5D4AC

accent

#DB624D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855B7

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

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