#C855B8#C855B8

#C855B8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.187 H 333.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855B8
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 184)
HSL	hsl(308, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(308, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 8%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, 57.89, -30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 65.56, 332.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% 0.1666 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.187 333.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7197, 22.2396, 47.7494)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855B8 #55C865

analogous

#9E55C8 #C855B8 #C8557E

triadic

#C855B8 #B8C855 #55B8C8

tetradic

#C855B8 #C89E55 #55C865 #557EC8

square

#C855B8 #C89E55 #55C865 #557EC8

split-complementary

#C855B8 #7EC855 #55C89E

monochromatic

#7B286F #A93799 #C855B8 #D783CB #E6B1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#C855B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#C855B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855B8

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855B8	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5277BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7688B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D05D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.187 333.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8bcd',
    500: '#c855b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855b8;
$custom-light: #db8bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.348,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62994,
    "c": 0.18652,
    "h": 333.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855B8

secondary

#A5D4AB

accent

#DB614D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855B8

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

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