#C855C8#C855C8

#C855C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.200 H 327.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855C8
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 60.58, -38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 71.95, 327.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% 0.1686 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.2 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4927, 22.9488, 57.0872)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C855C8 #55C855

analogous

#8E55C8 #C855C8 #C8558E

triadic

#C855C8 #C8C855 #55C8C8

tetradic

#C855C8 #C88E55 #55C855 #558EC8

square

#C855C8 #C88E55 #55C855 #558EC8

split-complementary

#C855C8 #8EC855 #55C88E

monochromatic

#7B287B #A937A9 #C855C8 #D783D7 #E6B1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C855C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C855C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855C8

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855C8	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#487ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F89C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.200 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8bd9',
    500: '#c855c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855c8;
$custom-light: #dc8bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63777,
    "c": 0.19969,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855C8

secondary

#A5D4A5

accent

#DB4D4D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855C8

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

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