#C257E4#C257E4

#C257E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.219 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257E4
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 228)
HSL	hsl(286, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(286, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 61.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, 63.38, -53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 82.78, 319.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% 0.1607 -0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.219 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6579, 23.8887, 75.9057)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257E4 #79E457

analogous

#7C57E4 #C257E4 #E457C0

triadic

#C257E4 #E4C257 #57E4C2

tetradic

#C257E4 #E47C57 #79E457 #57C0E4

square

#C257E4 #E47C57 #79E457 #57C0E4

split-complementary

#C257E4 #C0E457 #57E47C

monochromatic

#841BA6 #AE23DB #C257E4 #D58CEC #E8C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#C257E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#C257E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257E4

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257E4	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A89E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.219 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88ded',
    500: '#c257e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257e4;
$custom-light: #d88ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.532,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64775,
    "c": 0.21915,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257E4

secondary

#BEE6B1

accent

#D41140

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257E4

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

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