#C855C9#C855C9

#C855C9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.201 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855C9
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 201)
HSL	hsl(299, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(299, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 57.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, 60.75, -39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 72.36, 327.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.1687 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.201 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6099, 22.9957, 57.7047)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855C9 #56C955

analogous

#8E55C9 #C855C9 #C95590

triadic

#C855C9 #C9C855 #55C9C8

tetradic

#C855C9 #C98E55 #56C955 #5590C9

square

#C855C9 #C98E55 #56C955 #5590C9

split-complementary

#C855C9 #90C955 #55C98E

monochromatic

#7B277C #AA36AB #C855C9 #D783D8 #E6B2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C855C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C855C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855C9

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855C9	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#487ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E89C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.201 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8bda',
    500: '#c855c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855c9;
$custom-light: #dc8bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.483,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63828,
    "c": 0.20054,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855C9

secondary

#A5D5A5

accent

#DB4D4E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855C9

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

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