#C855E8#C855E8

#C855E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.228 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855E8
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 232)
HSL	hsl(287, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(287, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, 66.41, -54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 85.79, 320.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% 0.17 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.228 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6314, 24.6043, 78.8845)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855E8 #75E855

analogous

#7F55E8 #C855E8 #E855BE

triadic

#C855E8 #E8C855 #55E8C8

tetradic

#C855E8 #E87F55 #75E855 #55BEE8

square

#C855E8 #E87F55 #75E855 #55BEE8

split-complementary

#C855E8 #BEE855 #55E87F

monochromatic

#8B17AB #B71FE1 #C855E8 #D98BEF #EBC1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#C855E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#C855E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855E8

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855E8	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2580EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C76F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.228 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8cf0',
    500: '#c855e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855e8;
$custom-light: #dc8cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.939,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65528,
    "c": 0.22802,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855E8

secondary

#BDE7B1

accent

#D80D39

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855E8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →