#C855D3#C855D3

#C855D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.209 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855D3
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 211)
HSL	hsl(295, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(295, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 59.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, 62.52, -44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 76.59, 324.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.1695 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.209 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8248, 23.4817, 64.1028)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855D3 #60D355

analogous

#8955D3 #C855D3 #D3559F

triadic

#C855D3 #D3C855 #55D3C8

tetradic

#C855D3 #D38955 #60D355 #559FD3

square

#C855D3 #D38955 #60D355 #559FD3

split-complementary

#C855D3 #9FD355 #55D389

monochromatic

#81248A #AE30BB #C855D3 #D886E0 #E7B6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#C855D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#C855D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855D3

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855D3	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F7CD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698AD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC678C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.209 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8be1',
    500: '#c855d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855d3;
$custom-light: #dc8be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.762,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64352,
    "c": 0.2092,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855D3

secondary

#ADDBA9

accent

#E24653

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855D3

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

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