#C855D9#C855D9

#C855D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.215 H 322.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855D9
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 217)
HSL	hsl(292, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(292, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 60.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, 63.61, -47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 79.17, 323.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.1698 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.215 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5910, 23.7882, 68.1384)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855D9 #66D955

analogous

#8655D9 #C855D9 #D955A8

triadic

#C855D9 #D9C855 #55D9C8

tetradic

#C855D9 #D98655 #66D955 #55A8D9

square

#C855D9 #D98655 #66D955 #55A8D9

split-complementary

#C855D9 #A8D955 #55D986

monochromatic

#842193 #B12CC5 #C855D9 #D887E4 #E8B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C855D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#C855D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855D9

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855D9	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB698F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.215 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ce5',
    500: '#c855d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855d9;
$custom-light: #dc8ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.273,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64677,
    "c": 0.21451,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855D9

secondary

#B2DFAB

accent

#E64157

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855D9

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

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