#C257CD#C257CD

#C257CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.198 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257CD
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 205)
HSL	hsl(294, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(294, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 57.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, 59.02, -42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 72.53, 324.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.1598 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.198 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6748, 22.6955, 60.1947)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257CD #62CD57

analogous

#8757CD #C257CD #CD579D

triadic

#C257CD #CDC257 #57CDC2

tetradic

#C257CD #CD8757 #62CD57 #579DCD

square

#C257CD #CD8757 #62CD57 #579DCD

split-complementary

#C257CD #9DCD57 #57CD87

monochromatic

#7A2783 #A635B2 #C257CD #D386DB #E4B5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#C257CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#C257CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257CD

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257CD	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#447BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6987CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5678A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.198 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78cdd',
    500: '#c257cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257cd;
$custom-light: #d78cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.407,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63494,
    "c": 0.19789,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257CD

secondary

#ACD8A8

accent

#DD4A58

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257CD

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

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