#C855C7#C855C7

#C855C7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.199 H 327.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855C7
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 199)
HSL	hsl(301, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(301, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 0.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 60.40, -38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 71.54, 327.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.1685 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.199 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3762, 22.9022, 56.4737)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855C7 #55C856

analogous

#8F55C8 #C855C7 #C8558D

triadic

#C855C7 #C7C855 #55C7C8

tetradic

#C855C7 #C88F55 #55C856 #558DC8

square

#C855C7 #C88F55 #55C856 #558DC8

split-complementary

#C855C7 #8DC855 #55C88F

monochromatic

#7B287A #A937A8 #C855C7 #D783D6 #E6B1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C855C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#C855C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855C7

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855C7	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F89C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.199 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8bd8',
    500: '#c855c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855c7;
$custom-light: #dc8bd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.522,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63726,
    "c": 0.19884,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855C7

secondary

#A5D4A5

accent

#DB4E4D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855C7

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

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