#C855D1#C855D1

#C855D1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.207 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855D1
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 209)
HSL	hsl(296, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(296, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 59.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, 62.16, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 75.73, 325.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.1694 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.207 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5756, 23.3820, 62.7905)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855D1 #5ED155

analogous

#8A55D1 #C855D1 #D1559C

triadic

#C855D1 #D1C855 #55D1C8

tetradic

#C855D1 #D18A55 #5ED155 #559CD1

square

#C855D1 #D18A55 #5ED155 #559CD1

split-complementary

#C855D1 #9CD155 #55D18A

monochromatic

#802587 #AE32B7 #C855D1 #D885DE #E7B5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#C855D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#C855D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855D1

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855D1	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#417CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8ACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC668B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.207 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8bdf',
    500: '#c855d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855d1;
$custom-light: #dc8bdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.645,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64245,
    "c": 0.20745,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855D1

secondary

#ACDAA8

accent

#E14752

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855D1

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

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