#C855BE#C855BE

#C855BE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.191 H 331.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855BE
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 190)
HSL	hsl(305, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(305, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 58.88, -33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 67.90, 330.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% 0.1674 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.191 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3620, 22.4966, 51.1323)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C855BE #55C85F

analogous

#9855C8 #C855BE #C85584

triadic

#C855BE #BEC855 #55BEC8

tetradic

#C855BE #C89855 #55C85F #5584C8

square

#C855BE #C89855 #55C85F #5584C8

split-complementary

#C855BE #84C855 #55C898

monochromatic

#7B2874 #A9379F #C855BE #D783D0 #E6B1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#C855BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#C855BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855BE

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855BE	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F78C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7388BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF5F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.191 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8bd2',
    500: '#c855be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855be;
$custom-light: #db8bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.217,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6328,
    "c": 0.19135,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855BE

secondary

#A5D4A9

accent

#DB5A4D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855BE

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

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