#C157E4#C157E4

#C157E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.219 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C157E4
RGB	rgb(193, 87, 228)
HSL	hsl(285, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 61.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 63.15, -53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 82.74, 319.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% 0.1595 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.219 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4020, 23.7568, 75.8937)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C157E4 #7AE457

analogous

#7A57E4 #C157E4 #E457C1

triadic

#C157E4 #E4C157 #57E4C1

tetradic

#C157E4 #E47A57 #7AE457 #57C1E4

square

#C157E4 #E47A57 #7AE457 #57C1E4

split-complementary

#C157E4 #C1E457 #57E47A

monochromatic

#831BA6 #AD23DB #C157E4 #D48CEC #E8C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C157E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C157E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C157E4

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C157E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C157E4	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5989E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c157e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 87, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.219 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ced',
    500: '#c157e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c157e4;
$custom-light: #d78ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c157e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.106,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64651,
    "c": 0.21874,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C157E4

secondary

#BEE6B1

accent

#D41142

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C157E4

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

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