#C855F5#C855F5

#C855F5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.240 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C855F5
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 245)
HSL	hsl(283, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(283, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 65.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, 68.93, -60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 91.63, 318.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% 0.1696 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.24 315)
XYZ	xyz(43.5467, 25.3704, 88.9716)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C855F5 #82F555

analogous

#7855F5 #C855F5 #F555D2

triadic

#C855F5 #F5C855 #55F5C8

tetradic

#C855F5 #F57855 #82F555 #55D2F5

square

#C855F5 #F57855 #82F555 #55D2F5

split-complementary

#C855F5 #D2F555 #55F578

monochromatic

#900CC4 #B51BF2 #C855F5 #DB8FF8 #EDC9FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#C855F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#C855F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C855F5

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C855F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C855F5	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0083FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#518DF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4749E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c855f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.240 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8cf9',
    500: '#c855f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c855f5;
$custom-light: #dd8cf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c855f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.125,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66306,
    "c": 0.23995,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.25369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C855F5

secondary

#C7EEB7

accent

#E60041

background

#FEF9FF

surface

#FCF1FF

border

#D5CBD7

text

#160D17

muted

#847E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C855F5

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

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