#C257CA#C257CA

#C257CA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.195 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257CA
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 202)
HSL	hsl(296, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(296, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 56.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, 58.48, -40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 71.23, 325.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.1595 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.195 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3161, 22.5520, 58.3058)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257CA #5FCA57

analogous

#8957CA #C257CA #CA5799

triadic

#C257CA #CAC257 #57CAC2

tetradic

#C257CA #CA8957 #5FCA57 #5799CA

square

#C257CA #CA8957 #5FCA57 #5799CA

split-complementary

#C257CA #99CA57 #57CA89

monochromatic

#79287F #A537AD #C257CA #D386D9 #E4B4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C257CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#C257CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257CA

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257CA	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#467ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A87C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.195 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78cda',
    500: '#c257ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257ca;
$custom-light: #d78cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.826,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63336,
    "c": 0.19519,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257CA

secondary

#AAD6A7

accent

#DB4C56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257CA

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

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