#C157E1#C157E1

#C157E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.216 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C157E1
RGB	rgb(193, 87, 225)
HSL	hsl(286, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(286, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 61.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 62.56, -52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 81.37, 320.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.1595 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.216 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9892, 23.5916, 73.7194)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C157E1 #77E157

analogous

#7C57E1 #C157E1 #E157BC

triadic

#C157E1 #E1C157 #57E1C1

tetradic

#C157E1 #E17C57 #77E157 #57BCE1

square

#C157E1 #E17C57 #77E157 #57BCE1

split-complementary

#C157E1 #BCE157 #57E17C

monochromatic

#821DA1 #AC26D5 #C157E1 #D48BEA #E7BFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#C157E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#C157E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C157E1

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C157E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C157E1	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E7FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C89DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c157e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 87, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.216 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ceb',
    500: '#c157e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c157e1;
$custom-light: #d78ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c157e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.087,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64476,
    "c": 0.21591,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C157E1

secondary

#BCE4B0

accent

#D21440

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C157E1

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

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