#C855DD#C855DD

#C855DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.218 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855DD
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(291, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(291, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 64.34, -49.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 80.92, 322.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% 0.1699 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.218 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1176, 23.9988, 70.9117)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855DD #6ADD55

analogous

#8455DD #C855DD #DD55AE

triadic

#C855DD #DDC855 #55DDC8

tetradic

#C855DD #DD8455 #6ADD55 #55AEDD

square

#C855DD #DD8455 #6ADD55 #55AEDD

split-complementary

#C855DD #AEDD55 #55DD84

monochromatic

#861F99 #B329CC #C855DD #D888E7 #E9BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#C855DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#C855DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855DD

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855DD	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#357EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.218 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ce8',
    500: '#c855dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855dd;
$custom-light: #dc8ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.735,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64899,
    "c": 0.21807,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855DD

secondary

#B5E1AD

accent

#EA3E59

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855DD

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

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