#C855EE#C855EE

#C855EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.234 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855EE
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(285, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(285, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, 67.56, -57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 88.47, 319.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.1699 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.234 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4982, 24.9510, 83.4497)
Luminance	0.2495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855EE #7BEE55

analogous

#7B55EE #C855EE #EE55C7

triadic

#C855EE #EEC855 #55EEC8

tetradic

#C855EE #EE7B55 #7BEE55 #55C7EE

square

#C855EE #EE7B55 #7BEE55 #55C7EE

split-complementary

#C855EE #C7EE55 #55EE7B

monochromatic

#8E12B6 #B61DE8 #C855EE #DA8DF4 #ECC4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#C855EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#C855EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855EE

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855EE	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1782F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#578CEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6719A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.234 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8cf4',
    500: '#c855ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855ee;
$custom-light: #dc8cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.098,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65883,
    "c": 0.23351,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855EE

secondary

#C2EBB4

accent

#DE073D

background

#FEF9FF

surface

#FCF1FE

border

#D5CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#847E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855EE

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

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