#C855E7#C855E7

#C855E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.227 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855E7
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 231)
HSL	hsl(287, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(287, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 63.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, 66.22, -53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 85.34, 320.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.17 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.227 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4898, 24.5477, 78.1385)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855E7 #74E755

analogous

#7F55E7 #C855E7 #E755BD

triadic

#C855E7 #E7C855 #55E7C8

tetradic

#C855E7 #E77F55 #74E755 #55BDE7

square

#C855E7 #E77F55 #74E755 #55BDE7

split-complementary

#C855E7 #BDE755 #55E77F

monochromatic

#8B18AA #B720DF #C855E7 #D98BEF #EBC0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#C855E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#C855E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855E7

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855E7	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2780EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.227 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8cef',
    500: '#c855e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855e7;
$custom-light: #dc8cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.26,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6547,
    "c": 0.22711,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855E7

secondary

#BCE7B1

accent

#D70E39

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855E7

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

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