#C257BC#C257BC

#C257BC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.183 H 329.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257BC
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 188)
HSL	hsl(303, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(303, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 3.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, 56.00, -33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 65.35, 328.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% 0.1579 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.183 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7331, 21.9188, 49.9685)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257BC #57C25D

analogous

#9257C2 #C257BC #C25787

triadic

#C257BC #BCC257 #57BCC2

tetradic

#C257BC #C29257 #57C25D #5787C2

square

#C257BC #C29257 #57C25D #5787C2

split-complementary

#C257BC #87C257 #57C292

monochromatic

#742A70 #A13B9B #C257BC #D284CE #E3B1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#C257BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#C257BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257BC

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257BC	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5078BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.183 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78cd0',
    500: '#c257bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257bc;
$custom-light: #d78cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.364,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6263,
    "c": 0.18295,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257BC

secondary

#A4D1A6

accent

#D65951

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257BC

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

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