#C157DD#C157DD

#C157DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.212 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C157DD
RGB	rgb(193, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(287, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, 61.78, -50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 79.56, 320.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% 0.1594 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.212 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4499, 23.3759, 70.8792)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C157DD #73DD57

analogous

#7E57DD #C157DD #DD57B6

triadic

#C157DD #DDC157 #57DDC1

tetradic

#C157DD #DD7E57 #73DD57 #57B6DD

square

#C157DD #DD7E57 #73DD57 #57B6DD

split-complementary

#C157DD #B6DD57 #57DD7E

monochromatic

#811F9A #AB2ACD #C157DD #D48AE7 #E7BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#C157DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#C157DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C157DD

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C157DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C157DD	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#337EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E88DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c157dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.212 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ce8',
    500: '#c157dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c157dd;
$custom-light: #d78ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c157dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.463,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64246,
    "c": 0.21215,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C157DD

secondary

#B9E1AE

accent

#CE173E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C157DD

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

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