#C257E8#C257E8

#C257E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.223 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257E8
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 232)
HSL	hsl(284, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(284, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 62.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, 64.17, -55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 84.60, 319.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.1607 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.223 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2196, 24.1134, 78.8640)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257E8 #7DE857

analogous

#7A57E8 #C257E8 #E857C5

triadic

#C257E8 #E8C257 #57E8C2

tetradic

#C257E8 #E87A57 #7DE857 #57C5E8

square

#C257E8 #E87A57 #7DE857 #57C5E8

split-complementary

#C257E8 #C5E857 #57E87A

monochromatic

#8618AD #AE21E1 #C257E8 #D68DEF #E9C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#C257E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#C257E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257E8

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257E8	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2380EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#578AE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.223 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88df0',
    500: '#c257e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257e8;
$custom-light: #d88df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.276,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6501,
    "c": 0.22293,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257E8

secondary

#C1E8B3

accent

#D80D43

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257E8

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

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