#C257AE#C257AE

#C257AE is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.171 H 335.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257AE
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 174)
HSL	hsl(311, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(311, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 10.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, 53.66, -26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 59.86, 333.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% 0.1556 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.171 335.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2965, 21.3441, 42.4023)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257AE #57C26B

analogous

#A157C2 #C257AE #C25778

triadic

#C257AE #AEC257 #57AEC2

tetradic

#C257AE #C2A157 #57C26B #5778C2

square

#C257AE #C2A157 #57C26B #5778C2

split-complementary

#C257AE #78C257 #57C2A1

monochromatic

#742A67 #A13B8E #C257AE #D284C4 #E3B1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#C257AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#C257AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257AE

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257AE	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5775B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7785AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.171 335.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78bc6',
    500: '#c257ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257ae;
$custom-light: #d78bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 311.215,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61974,
    "c": 0.17147,
    "h": 335.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257AE

secondary

#A4D1AC

accent

#D66A51

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F8

border

#D4CBD1

text

#150C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257AE

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

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