#C855C4#C855C4

#C855C4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.196 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855C4
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 196)
HSL	hsl(302, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(302, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 2%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, 59.89, -36.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 70.31, 328.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% 0.1682 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.196 329)
XYZ	xyz(37.0313, 22.7643, 54.6573)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855C4 #55C859

analogous

#9255C8 #C855C4 #C8558A

triadic

#C855C4 #C4C855 #55C4C8

tetradic

#C855C4 #C89255 #55C859 #558AC8

square

#C855C4 #C89255 #55C859 #558AC8

split-complementary

#C855C4 #8AC855 #55C892

monochromatic

#7B2878 #A937A5 #C855C4 #D783D4 #E6B1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C855C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#C855C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855C4

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855C4	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B79C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7189C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.196 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8bd6',
    500: '#c855c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855c4;
$custom-light: #db8bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.087,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63575,
    "c": 0.19631,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.22762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855C4

secondary

#A5D4A6

accent

#DB524D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855C4

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

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