#C855E6#C855E6

#C855E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.226 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855E6
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(288, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, 66.03, -53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 84.90, 321.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% 0.17 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.226 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3489, 24.4913, 77.3968)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855E6 #73E655

analogous

#8055E6 #C855E6 #E655BC

triadic

#C855E6 #E6C855 #55E6C8

tetradic

#C855E6 #E68055 #73E655 #55BCE6

square

#C855E6 #E68055 #73E655 #55BCE6

split-complementary

#C855E6 #BCE655 #55E680

monochromatic

#8A19A8 #B621DD #C855E6 #D98AEE #EBC0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#C855E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#C855E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855E6

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855E6	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2880EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.226 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8cee',
    500: '#c855e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855e6;
$custom-light: #dc8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.586,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65412,
    "c": 0.2262,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855E6

secondary

#BCE6B1

accent

#D60F38

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855E6

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

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