#C855E9#C855E9

#C855E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.229 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855E9
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(287, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(287, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 66.60, -54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 86.23, 320.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% 0.17 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.229 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7738, 24.6613, 79.6347)
Luminance	0.2466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855E9 #76E955

analogous

#7E55E9 #C855E9 #E955C0

triadic

#C855E9 #E9C855 #55E9C8

tetradic

#C855E9 #E97E55 #76E955 #55C0E9

square

#C855E9 #E97E55 #76E955 #55C0E9

split-complementary

#C855E9 #C0E955 #55E97E

monochromatic

#8C16AD #B61FE2 #C855E9 #DA8BF0 #EBC1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#C855E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#C855E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855E9

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855E9	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2381ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C76F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.229 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8cf1',
    500: '#c855e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855e9;
$custom-light: #dc8cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.622,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65587,
    "c": 0.22894,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855E9

secondary

#BEE8B2

accent

#D90C3A

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855E9

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

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