#C855EC#C855EC

#C855EC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.232 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855EC
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 236)
HSL	hsl(286, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(286, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 64%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, 67.18, -56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 87.57, 320.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.17 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.232 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2060, 24.8342, 81.9109)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855EC #79EC55

analogous

#7C55EC #C855EC #EC55C5

triadic

#C855EC #ECC855 #55ECC8

tetradic

#C855EC #EC7C55 #79EC55 #55C5EC

square

#C855EC #EC7C55 #79EC55 #55C5EC

split-complementary

#C855EC #C5EC55 #55EC7C

monochromatic

#8D14B3 #B61EE6 #C855EC #DA8CF2 #ECC3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#C855EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#C855EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855EC

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855EC	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C81F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#598CE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.232 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8cf3',
    500: '#c855ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855ec;
$custom-light: #dc8cf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.695,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65764,
    "c": 0.23168,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855EC

secondary

#C0EAB3

accent

#DC093C

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855EC

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

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