#C855ED#C855ED

#C855ED is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.233 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855ED
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 237)
HSL	hsl(285, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(285, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 64.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, 67.37, -56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 88.02, 319.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.1699 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.233 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3517, 24.8924, 82.6782)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855ED #7AED55

analogous

#7C55ED #C855ED #ED55C6

triadic

#C855ED #EDC855 #55EDC8

tetradic

#C855ED #ED7C55 #7AED55 #55C6ED

square

#C855ED #ED7C55 #7AED55 #55C6ED

split-complementary

#C855ED #C6ED55 #55ED7C

monochromatic

#8D13B4 #B61EE7 #C855ED #DA8CF3 #ECC4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#C855ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#C855ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855ED

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855ED	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A82F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588CE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6719A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.233 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8cf3',
    500: '#c855ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855ed;
$custom-light: #dc8cf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.395,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65823,
    "c": 0.23259,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855ED

secondary

#C1EAB4

accent

#DD083C

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855ED

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

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