#C157E9#C157E9

#C157E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.223 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C157E9
RGB	rgb(193, 87, 233)
HSL	hsl(284, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(284, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 62.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, 64.14, -55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 85.02, 318.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.1595 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.223 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1062, 24.0384, 79.6022)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C157E9 #7FE957

analogous

#7857E9 #C157E9 #E957C8

triadic

#C157E9 #E9C157 #57E9C1

tetradic

#C157E9 #E97857 #7FE957 #57C8E9

square

#C157E9 #E97857 #7FE957 #57C8E9

split-complementary

#C157E9 #C8E957 #57E978

monochromatic

#8517AF #AD21E2 #C157E9 #D58DF0 #E9C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#C157E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#C157E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C157E9

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C157E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C157E9	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2080ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5689E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c157e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 87, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.223 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78df1',
    500: '#c157e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c157e9;
$custom-light: #d78df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c157e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.562,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64946,
    "c": 0.22348,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C157E9

secondary

#C2E8B3

accent

#D90C44

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C157E9

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

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