#C257BA#C257BA

#C257BA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.181 H 330.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257BA
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 186)
HSL	hsl(304, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(304, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 4.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, 55.66, -32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 64.54, 329.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.1577 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.181 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5190, 21.8331, 48.8409)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C257BA #57C25F

analogous

#9457C2 #C257BA #C25784

triadic

#C257BA #BAC257 #57BAC2

tetradic

#C257BA #C29457 #57C25F #5784C2

square

#C257BA #C29457 #57C25F #5784C2

split-complementary

#C257BA #84C257 #57C294

monochromatic

#742A6F #A13B9A #C257BA #D284CC #E3B1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#C257BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#C257BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257BA

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257BA	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5177BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7286B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.181 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ccf',
    500: '#c257ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257ba;
$custom-light: #d78ccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.486,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62533,
    "c": 0.18125,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257BA

secondary

#A4D1A7

accent

#D65B51

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257BA

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

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