#C855E0#C855E0

#C855E0 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.221 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855E0
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 224)
HSL	hsl(290, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(290, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 62.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 64.90, -50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 82.24, 322.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.17 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.221 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5208, 24.1601, 73.0355)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855E0 #6DE055

analogous

#8255E0 #C855E0 #E055B3

triadic

#C855E0 #E0C855 #55E0C8

tetradic

#C855E0 #E08255 #6DE055 #55B3E0

square

#C855E0 #E08255 #6DE055 #55B3E0

split-complementary

#C855E0 #B3E055 #55E082

monochromatic

#881D9E #B426D2 #C855E0 #D989E9 #E9BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#C855E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#C855E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855E0

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855E0	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317FE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.221 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8cea',
    500: '#c855e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855e0;
$custom-light: #dc8cea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.64,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65068,
    "c": 0.22077,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855E0

secondary

#B7E3AE

accent

#D11435

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855E0

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

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