#C855D5#C855D5

#C855D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.211 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855D5
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 213)
HSL	hsl(294, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(294, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 60.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, 62.88, -45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 77.44, 324.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% 0.1696 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.211 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0770, 23.5826, 65.4315)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855D5 #62D555

analogous

#8855D5 #C855D5 #D555A2

triadic

#C855D5 #D5C855 #55D5C8

tetradic

#C855D5 #D58855 #62D555 #55A2D5

square

#C855D5 #D58855 #62D555 #55A2D5

split-complementary

#C855D5 #A2D555 #55D588

monochromatic

#82238D #AF2FBE #C855D5 #D886E1 #E8B7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#C855D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#C855D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855D5

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855D5	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D7DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB688D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.211 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ce2',
    500: '#c855d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855d5;
$custom-light: #dc8ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.906,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64459,
    "c": 0.21096,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855D5

secondary

#AFDCA9

accent

#E44454

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855D5

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

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