#C855E1#C855E1

#C855E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.222 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855E1
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 225)
HSL	hsl(289, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(289, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 65.09, -50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 82.68, 321.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.17 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.222 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6569, 24.2145, 73.7519)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855E1 #6EE155

analogous

#8255E1 #C855E1 #E155B4

triadic

#C855E1 #E1C855 #55E1C8

tetradic

#C855E1 #E18255 #6EE155 #55B4E1

square

#C855E1 #E18255 #6EE155 #55B4E1

split-complementary

#C855E1 #B4E155 #55E182

monochromatic

#881C9F #B425D3 #C855E1 #D989EA #EABDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C855E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#C855E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855E1

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855E1	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618BDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.222 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ceb',
    500: '#c855e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855e1;
$custom-light: #dc8ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.286,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65125,
    "c": 0.22167,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855E1

secondary

#B8E3AE

accent

#D21436

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855E1

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

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