#CC55E5#CC55E5

#CC55E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.227 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC55E5
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(290, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(290, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, 66.76, -51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 84.61, 322.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.1746 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.227 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2915, 24.9935, 76.7101)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC55E5 #6EE555

analogous

#8455E5 #CC55E5 #E555B6

triadic

#CC55E5 #E5CC55 #55E5CC

tetradic

#CC55E5 #E58455 #6EE555 #55B6E5

square

#CC55E5 #E58455 #6EE555 #55B6E5

split-complementary

#CC55E5 #B6E555 #55E584

monochromatic

#8E19A6 #BB22DB #CC55E5 #DC8AED #ECBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#CC55E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#CC55E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC55E5

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC55E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC55E5	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E81E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.227 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8cee',
    500: '#cc55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc55e5;
$custom-light: #df8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.583,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65863,
    "c": 0.22703,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC55E5

secondary

#B9E6B0

accent

#D61032

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D16

muted

#847E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC55E5

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

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