#C257E7#C257E7

#C257E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.222 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257E7
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 231)
HSL	hsl(285, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 62.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 63.97, -54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 84.14, 319.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.1607 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.222 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0780, 24.0567, 78.1181)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257E7 #7CE757

analogous

#7A57E7 #C257E7 #E757C4

triadic

#C257E7 #E7C257 #57E7C2

tetradic

#C257E7 #E77A57 #7CE757 #57C4E7

square

#C257E7 #E77A57 #7CE757 #57C4E7

split-complementary

#C257E7 #C4E757 #57E77A

monochromatic

#8518AB #AF21DF #C257E7 #D58DEF #E9C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#C257E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#C257E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257E7

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257E7	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2580EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.222 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88def',
    500: '#c257e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257e7;
$custom-light: #d88def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.583,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64951,
    "c": 0.22198,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257E7

secondary

#C0E7B3

accent

#D70E42

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257E7

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

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