#C157E8#C157E8

#C157E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.223 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C157E8
RGB	rgb(193, 87, 232)
HSL	hsl(284, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(284, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 62.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, 63.94, -55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 84.56, 319.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.1595 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.223 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9637, 23.9815, 78.8520)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C157E8 #7EE857

analogous

#7857E8 #C157E8 #E857C7

triadic

#C157E8 #E8C157 #57E8C1

tetradic

#C157E8 #E87857 #7EE857 #57C7E8

square

#C157E8 #E87857 #7EE857 #57C7E8

split-complementary

#C157E8 #C7E857 #57E878

monochromatic

#8518AD #AD21E1 #C157E8 #D58DEF #E9C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#C157E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#C157E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C157E8

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C157E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C157E8	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2280EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5689E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c157e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 87, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.223 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78df0',
    500: '#c157e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c157e8;
$custom-light: #d78df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c157e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.862,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64887,
    "c": 0.22253,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C157E8

secondary

#C1E8B3

accent

#D80D44

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C157E8

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

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