#C257D0#C257D0

#C257D0 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.201 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257D0
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 208)
HSL	hsl(293, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(293, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 58.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 59.57, -43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 73.84, 323.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.16 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.201 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0404, 22.8417, 62.1201)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257D0 #65D057

analogous

#8557D0 #C257D0 #D057A1

triadic

#C257D0 #D0C257 #57D0C2

tetradic

#C257D0 #D08557 #65D057 #57A1D0

square

#C257D0 #D08557 #65D057 #57A1D0

split-complementary

#C257D0 #A1D057 #57D085

monochromatic

#7C2687 #A733B7 #C257D0 #D387DD #E5B7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C257D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#C257D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257D0

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257D0	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#417BD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6788CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5688B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.201 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78cdf',
    500: '#c257d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257d0;
$custom-light: #d78cdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.058,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63654,
    "c": 0.20061,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257D0

secondary

#AFDAA9

accent

#E0485A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257D0

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

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