#C855D4#C855D4

#C855D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.210 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855D4
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 212)
HSL	hsl(294, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(294, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 59.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 62.70, -44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 77.01, 324.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% 0.1695 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.21 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9505, 23.5320, 64.7651)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855D4 #61D455

analogous

#8855D4 #C855D4 #D455A0

triadic

#C855D4 #D4C855 #55D4C8

tetradic

#C855D4 #D48855 #61D455 #55A0D4

square

#C855D4 #D48855 #61D455 #55A0D4

split-complementary

#C855D4 #A0D455 #55D488

monochromatic

#82238B #AF30BC #C855D4 #D886E0 #E8B7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C855D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#C855D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855D4

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855D4	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E7CD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698AD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB678D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.210 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ce2',
    500: '#c855d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855d4;
$custom-light: #dc8ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.331,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64405,
    "c": 0.21008,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855D4

secondary

#AEDCA9

accent

#E34554

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855D4

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

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