#C257CB#C257CB

#C257CB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.196 H 324.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257CB
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 203)
HSL	hsl(295, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(295, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 57.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, 58.66, -41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 71.66, 324.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.1596 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.196 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4349, 22.5995, 58.9313)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257CB #60CB57

analogous

#8857CB #C257CB #CB579A

triadic

#C257CB #CBC257 #57CBC2

tetradic

#C257CB #CB8857 #60CB57 #579ACB

square

#C257CB #CB8857 #60CB57 #579ACB

split-complementary

#C257CB #9ACB57 #57CB88

monochromatic

#792880 #A536AF #C257CB #D386D9 #E4B4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#C257CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#C257CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257CB

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257CB	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#457ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A87C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.196 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78cdb',
    500: '#c257cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257cb;
$custom-light: #d78cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.345,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63388,
    "c": 0.19609,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257CB

secondary

#ABD7A7

accent

#DC4C57

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257CB

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

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