#C257E6#C257E6

#C257E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.221 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257E6
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 230)
HSL	hsl(285, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 62.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 63.77, -54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 83.68, 319.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.1607 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.221 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9371, 24.0004, 77.3764)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257E6 #7BE657

analogous

#7B57E6 #C257E6 #E657C3

triadic

#C257E6 #E6C257 #57E6C2

tetradic

#C257E6 #E67B57 #7BE657 #57C3E6

square

#C257E6 #E67B57 #7BE657 #57C3E6

split-complementary

#C257E6 #C3E657 #57E67B

monochromatic

#8519A9 #AF22DE #C257E6 #D58CEE #E9C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#C257E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#C257E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257E6

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257E6	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2780EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#598AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.221 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88dee',
    500: '#c257e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257e6;
$custom-light: #d88dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.895,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64892,
    "c": 0.22103,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257E6

secondary

#BFE7B2

accent

#D60F41

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257E6

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

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