#C855E2#C855E2

#C855E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.223 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855E2
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 226)
HSL	hsl(289, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(289, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 62.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, 65.28, -51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 83.12, 321.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.17 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.223 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7937, 24.2692, 74.4724)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855E2 #6FE255

analogous

#8155E2 #C855E2 #E255B5

triadic

#C855E2 #E2C855 #55E2C8

tetradic

#C855E2 #E28155 #6FE255 #55B5E2

square

#C855E2 #E28155 #6FE255 #55B5E2

split-complementary

#C855E2 #B5E255 #55E281

monochromatic

#881BA1 #B524D5 #C855E2 #D989EB #EABEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C855E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#C855E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855E2

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855E2	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E7FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.223 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8cec',
    500: '#c855e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855e2;
$custom-light: #dc8cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.936,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65182,
    "c": 0.22258,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855E2

secondary

#B9E4AF

accent

#D31336

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855E2

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

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