#C855D8#C855D8

#C855D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.214 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855D8
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 216)
HSL	hsl(293, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(293, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 60.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 63.42, -46.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 78.74, 323.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% 0.1697 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.214 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4613, 23.7363, 67.4554)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855D8 #65D855

analogous

#8755D8 #C855D8 #D855A7

triadic

#C855D8 #D8C855 #55D8C8

tetradic

#C855D8 #D88755 #65D855 #55A7D8

square

#C855D8 #D88755 #65D855 #55A7D8

split-complementary

#C855D8 #A7D855 #55D887

monochromatic

#842191 #B12DC3 #C855D8 #D887E3 #E8B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C855D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C855D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855D8

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855D8	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB698F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.214 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ce4',
    500: '#c855d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855d8;
$custom-light: #dc8ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.672,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64623,
    "c": 0.21361,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855D8

secondary

#B1DEAB

accent

#E64256

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855D8

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

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