#C257DC#C257DC

#C257DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.212 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257DC
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 220)
HSL	hsl(288, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(288, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 60.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, 61.83, -49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 79.16, 321.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% 0.1606 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.212 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5729, 23.4547, 70.1917)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257DC #71DC57

analogous

#8057DC #C257DC #DC57B3

triadic

#C257DC #DCC257 #57DCC2

tetradic

#C257DC #DC8057 #71DC57 #57B3DC

square

#C257DC #DC8057 #71DC57 #57B3DC

split-complementary

#C257DC #B3DC57 #57DC80

monochromatic

#812099 #AC2ACB #C257DC #D48AE7 #E7BCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#C257DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#C257DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257DC

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257DC	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#357EE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6089D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.212 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88ce7',
    500: '#c257dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257dc;
$custom-light: #d88ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.271,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64315,
    "c": 0.21166,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257DC

secondary

#B8E1AE

accent

#CD183C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257DC

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

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