#C257CC#C257CC

#C257CC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.197 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257CC
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 204)
HSL	hsl(295, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(295, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 57.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, 58.84, -41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 72.09, 324.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.1597 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.197 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5545, 22.6473, 59.5610)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257CC #61CC57

analogous

#8857CC #C257CC #CC579C

triadic

#C257CC #CCC257 #57CCC2

tetradic

#C257CC #CC8857 #61CC57 #579CCC

square

#C257CC #CC8857 #61CC57 #579CCC

split-complementary

#C257CC #9CCC57 #57CC88

monochromatic

#7A2781 #A636B0 #C257CC #D386DA #E4B5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#C257CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#C257CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257CC

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257CC	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#457BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6987C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.197 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78cdc',
    500: '#c257cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257cc;
$custom-light: #d78cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.872,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63441,
    "c": 0.19699,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257CC

secondary

#ACD7A8

accent

#DD4B57

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257CC

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

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