#C257C8#C257C8

#C257C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.193 H 325.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257C8
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 200)
HSL	hsl(297, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(297, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 56.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, 58.11, -39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 70.37, 325.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% 0.1593 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.193 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0809, 22.4579, 57.0667)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257C8 #5DC857

analogous

#8A57C8 #C257C8 #C85796

triadic

#C257C8 #C8C257 #57C8C2

tetradic

#C257C8 #C88A57 #5DC857 #5796C8

square

#C257C8 #C88A57 #5DC857 #5796C8

split-complementary

#C257C8 #96C857 #57C88A

monochromatic

#78297C #A438AA #C257C8 #D385D7 #E3B3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#C257C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#C257C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257C8

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257C8	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#487ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C87C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.193 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78cd9',
    500: '#c257c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257c8;
$custom-light: #d78cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.814,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63232,
    "c": 0.19341,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257C8

secondary

#A9D5A6

accent

#DA4E55

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257C8

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

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