#C855E5#C855E5

#C855E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.225 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855E5
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(288, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 65.84, -52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 84.45, 321.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% 0.17 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.225 319)
XYZ	xyz(41.2089, 24.4353, 76.6594)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855E5 #72E555

analogous

#8055E5 #C855E5 #E555BA

triadic

#C855E5 #E5C855 #55E5C8

tetradic

#C855E5 #E58055 #72E555 #55BAE5

square

#C855E5 #E58055 #72E555 #55BAE5

split-complementary

#C855E5 #BAE555 #55E580

monochromatic

#8A19A6 #B622DB #C855E5 #D98AED #EABFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C855E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#C855E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855E5

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855E5	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A80E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.225 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8cee',
    500: '#c855e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855e5;
$custom-light: #dc8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.917,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65354,
    "c": 0.22529,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.24434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855E5

secondary

#BBE6B0

accent

#D61038

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855E5

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

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