#C257DA#C257DA

#C257DA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.210 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257DA
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 218)
HSL	hsl(289, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(289, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 60.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, 61.45, -48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 78.27, 321.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% 0.1605 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.21 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3097, 23.3494, 68.8050)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257DA #6FDA57

analogous

#8157DA #C257DA #DA57B0

triadic

#C257DA #DAC257 #57DAC2

tetradic

#C257DA #DA8157 #6FDA57 #57B0DA

square

#C257DA #DA8157 #6FDA57 #57B0DA

split-complementary

#C257DA #B0DA57 #57DA81

monochromatic

#802196 #AB2CC8 #C257DA #D489E5 #E6BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#C257DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#C257DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257DA

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257DA	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6189D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.210 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ce6',
    500: '#c257da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257da;
$custom-light: #d78ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.008,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64202,
    "c": 0.2098,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257DA

secondary

#B6E0AD

accent

#E7415F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257DA

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

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