#C855C2#C855C2

#C855C2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.195 H 329.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855C2
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 194)
HSL	hsl(303, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(303, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 3%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, 59.55, -35.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 69.50, 328.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% 0.168 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.195 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8052, 22.6738, 53.4664)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855C2 #55C85B

analogous

#9455C8 #C855C2 #C85588

triadic

#C855C2 #C2C855 #55C2C8

tetradic

#C855C2 #C89455 #55C85B #5588C8

square

#C855C2 #C89455 #55C85B #5588C8

split-complementary

#C855C2 #88C855 #55C894

monochromatic

#7B2877 #A937A3 #C855C2 #D783D3 #E6B1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#C855C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#C855C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855C2

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855C2	1.00	3.79	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C79C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7289BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.195 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8bd5',
    500: '#c855c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855c2;
$custom-light: #db8bd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.13,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63476,
    "c": 0.19465,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855C2

secondary

#A5D4A7

accent

#DB554D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855C2

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

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