#C257CF#C257CF

#C257CF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.200 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257CF
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 207)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(294, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 58%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 59.39, -43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 73.40, 324.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.1599 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.2 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9177, 22.7926, 61.4742)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257CF #64CF57

analogous

#8657CF #C257CF #CF57A0

triadic

#C257CF #CFC257 #57CFC2

tetradic

#C257CF #CF8657 #64CF57 #57A0CF

square

#C257CF #CF8657 #64CF57 #57A0CF

split-complementary

#C257CF #A0CF57 #57CF86

monochromatic

#7B2685 #A734B5 #C257CF #D387DD #E5B6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C257CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C257CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257CF

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257CF	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#427BD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6888CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5688B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.200 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78cde',
    500: '#c257cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257cf;
$custom-light: #d78cde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.5,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.636,
    "c": 0.1997,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257CF

secondary

#AED9A9

accent

#DF4959

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257CF

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

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