#C855C5#C855C5

#C855C5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.197 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855C5
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 197)
HSL	hsl(302, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(302, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 1.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 60.06, -37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 70.72, 328.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% 0.1683 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.197 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1455, 22.8100, 55.2588)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855C5 #55C858

analogous

#9155C8 #C855C5 #C8558B

triadic

#C855C5 #C5C855 #55C5C8

tetradic

#C855C5 #C89155 #55C858 #558BC8

square

#C855C5 #C89155 #55C858 #558BC8

split-complementary

#C855C5 #8BC855 #55C891

monochromatic

#7B2879 #A937A6 #C855C5 #D783D5 #E6B1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C855C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C855C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855C5

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855C5	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7089C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.197 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8bd7',
    500: '#c855c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855c5;
$custom-light: #dc8bd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.565,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63625,
    "c": 0.19716,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855C5

secondary

#A5D4A6

accent

#DB514D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855C5

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

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