#C257EA#C257EA

#C257EA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.225 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257EA
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 234)
HSL	hsl(284, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(284, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 62.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 64.56, -56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 85.51, 319.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.1606 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.225 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5053, 24.2277, 80.3687)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257EA #7FEA57

analogous

#7857EA #C257EA #EA57C9

triadic

#C257EA #EAC257 #57EAC2

tetradic

#C257EA #EA7857 #7FEA57 #57C9EA

square

#C257EA #EA7857 #7FEA57 #57C9EA

split-complementary

#C257EA #C9EA57 #57EA78

monochromatic

#8616B1 #AE21E3 #C257EA #D68DF1 #EAC4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C257EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#C257EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257EA

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257EA	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F81EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#568AE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.225 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88df1',
    500: '#c257ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257ea;
$custom-light: #d88df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.673,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65129,
    "c": 0.22482,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257EA

secondary

#C2E9B4

accent

#DA0B44

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257EA

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

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