#C257DD#C257DD

#C257DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.213 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257DD
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(288, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(288, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, 62.02, -49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 79.61, 321.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% 0.1606 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.213 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7058, 23.5079, 70.8912)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257DD #72DD57

analogous

#7F57DD #C257DD #DD57B5

triadic

#C257DD #DDC257 #57DDC2

tetradic

#C257DD #DD7F57 #72DD57 #57B5DD

square

#C257DD #DD7F57 #72DD57 #57B5DD

split-complementary

#C257DD #B5DD57 #57DD7F

monochromatic

#821F9A #AC2ACD #C257DD #D48AE7 #E7BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C257DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#C257DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257DD

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257DD	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#347EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F89DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.213 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88ce8',
    500: '#c257dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257dd;
$custom-light: #d88ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.91,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64372,
    "c": 0.21259,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257DD

secondary

#B9E1AE

accent

#CE173C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257DD

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

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