#C257BD#C257BD

#C257BD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.184 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257BD
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 189)
HSL	hsl(303, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(303, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 2.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, 56.17, -34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 65.76, 328.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% 0.1581 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.184 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8413, 21.9621, 50.5382)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C257BD #57C25C

analogous

#9257C2 #C257BD #C25787

triadic

#C257BD #BDC257 #57BDC2

tetradic

#C257BD #C29257 #57C25C #5787C2

square

#C257BD #C29257 #57C25C #5787C2

split-complementary

#C257BD #87C257 #57C292

monochromatic

#742A71 #A13B9C #C257BD #D284CF #E3B1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#C257BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#C257BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257BD

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257BD	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F78C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.184 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78cd1',
    500: '#c257bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257bd;
$custom-light: #d78cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.804,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62679,
    "c": 0.1838,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257BD

secondary

#A4D1A6

accent

#D65851

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257BD

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

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