#C257DF#C257DF

#C257DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.214 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257DF
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 223)
HSL	hsl(287, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(287, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 61%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 62.41, -50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 80.51, 320.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% 0.1606 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.214 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9738, 23.6151, 72.3029)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257DF #74DF57

analogous

#7E57DF #C257DF #DF57B8

triadic

#C257DF #DFC257 #57DFC2

tetradic

#C257DF #DF7E57 #74DF57 #57B8DF

square

#C257DF #DF7E57 #74DF57 #57B8DF

split-complementary

#C257DF #B8DF57 #57DF7E

monochromatic

#821E9E #AD28D1 #C257DF #D58AE9 #E7BEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#C257DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#C257DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257DF

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257DF	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317EE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E89DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.214 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88ce9',
    500: '#c257df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257df;
$custom-light: #d88ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.206,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64486,
    "c": 0.21446,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257DF

secondary

#BAE3AF

accent

#D0163D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257DF

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

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