#C257BB#C257BB

#C257BB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.182 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257BB
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 187)
HSL	hsl(304, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(304, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 3.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, 55.83, -33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 64.94, 329.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.1578 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.182 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6257, 21.8758, 49.4028)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257BB #57C25E

analogous

#9357C2 #C257BB #C25786

triadic

#C257BB #BBC257 #57BBC2

tetradic

#C257BB #C29357 #57C25E #5786C2

square

#C257BB #C29357 #57C25E #5786C2

split-complementary

#C257BB #86C257 #57C293

monochromatic

#742A70 #A13B9B #C257BB #D284CD #E3B1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#C257BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#C257BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257BB

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257BB	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)

#5077BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7286B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.182 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78cd0',
    500: '#c257bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257bb;
$custom-light: #d78cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.925,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62581,
    "c": 0.1821,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257BB

secondary

#A4D1A7

accent

#D65A51

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257BB

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

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