#C855D6#C855D6

#C855D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.212 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855D6
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 214)
HSL	hsl(293, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(293, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 60.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, 63.06, -45.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 77.88, 324.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% 0.1697 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.212 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2044, 23.6335, 66.1020)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855D6 #63D655

analogous

#8755D6 #C855D6 #D655A3

triadic

#C855D6 #D6C855 #55D6C8

tetradic

#C855D6 #D68755 #63D655 #55A3D6

square

#C855D6 #D68755 #63D655 #55A3D6

split-complementary

#C855D6 #A3D655 #55D687

monochromatic

#83228E #B02EC0 #C855D6 #D886E2 #E8B8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#C855D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#C855D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855D6

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855D6	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C7DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB688E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.212 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ce3',
    500: '#c855d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855d6;
$custom-light: #dc8ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.488,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64513,
    "c": 0.21185,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855D6

secondary

#AFDDAA

accent

#E44455

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855D6

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

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