#C257EC#C257EC

#C257EC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.227 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257EC
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 236)
HSL	hsl(283, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(283, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 63.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, 64.96, -57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 86.42, 318.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.1606 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.227 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7942, 24.3432, 81.8904)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257EC #81EC57

analogous

#7757EC #C257EC #EC57CC

triadic

#C257EC #ECC257 #57ECC2

tetradic

#C257EC #EC7757 #81EC57 #57CCEC

square

#C257EC #EC7757 #81EC57 #57CCEC

split-complementary

#C257EC #CCEC57 #57EC77

monochromatic

#8714B4 #AE20E6 #C257EC #D68EF2 #EAC5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#C257EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#C257EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257EC

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257EC	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A81F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#548AE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF739A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.227 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88df3',
    500: '#c257ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257ec;
$custom-light: #d88df3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.087,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65249,
    "c": 0.22671,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257EC

secondary

#C4EAB5

accent

#DC0A45

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257EC

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

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