#C257CE#C257CE

#C257CE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.199 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257CE
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 206)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(294, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 57.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 59.20, -42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 72.96, 324.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% 0.1599 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.199 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7959, 22.7439, 60.8324)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257CE #63CE57

analogous

#8757CE #C257CE #CE579E

triadic

#C257CE #CEC257 #57CEC2

tetradic

#C257CE #CE8757 #63CE57 #579ECE

square

#C257CE #CE8757 #63CE57 #579ECE

split-complementary

#C257CE #9ECE57 #57CE87

monochromatic

#7B2784 #A734B3 #C257CE #D386DC #E4B6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C257CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#C257CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257CE

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257CE	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#437BD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6888CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5688A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.199 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78cdd',
    500: '#c257ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257ce;
$custom-light: #d78cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.95,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63547,
    "c": 0.19879,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257CE

secondary

#ADD8A8

accent

#DE4A59

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257CE

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

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