#CC55E6#CC55E6

#CC55E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.228 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC55E6
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(289, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(289, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, 66.95, -52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 85.05, 321.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.1747 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.228 320)
XYZ	xyz(42.4315, 25.0495, 77.4476)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC55E6 #6FE655

analogous

#8455E6 #CC55E6 #E655B8

triadic

#CC55E6 #E6CC55 #55E6CC

tetradic

#CC55E6 #E68455 #6FE655 #55B8E6

square

#CC55E6 #E68455 #6FE655 #55B8E6

split-complementary

#CC55E6 #B8E655 #55E684

monochromatic

#8E19A8 #BB21DD #CC55E6 #DC8AEE #ECC0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#CC55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#CC55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC55E6

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC55E6	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C81EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.228 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8cee',
    500: '#cc55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc55e6;
$custom-light: #df8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.241,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6592,
    "c": 0.22793,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.25048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC55E6

secondary

#BAE6B1

accent

#D60F33

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D16

muted

#847E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC55E6

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

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