#C85AE3#C85AE3

#C85AE3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.217 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85AE3
RGB	rgb(200, 90, 227)
HSL	hsl(288, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 60.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, 63.26, -50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 81.05, 321.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.1642 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.217 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3389, 25.1395, 75.3330)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85AE3 #75E35A

analogous

#845AE3 #C85AE3 #E35ABA

triadic

#C85AE3 #E3C85A #5AE3C8

tetradic

#C85AE3 #E3845A #75E35A #5ABAE3

square

#C85AE3 #E3845A #75E35A #5ABAE3

split-complementary

#C85AE3 #BAE35A #5AE384

monochromatic

#8B1CA6 #B726DA #C85AE3 #D98EEC #EBC3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#C85AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#C85AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85AE3

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85AE3	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3782E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 90, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.217 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8fec',
    500: '#c85ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85ae3;
$custom-light: #dc8fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.175,
    "s": 70.984,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65819,
    "c": 0.21664,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85AE3

secondary

#BDE6B3

accent

#D31238

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85AE3

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

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