#C257ED#C257ED

#C257ED is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.228 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257ED
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 237)
HSL	hsl(283, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(283, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 63.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 65.16, -57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 86.88, 318.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.1606 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.228 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9399, 24.4015, 82.6577)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257ED #82ED57

analogous

#7757ED #C257ED #ED57CD

triadic

#C257ED #EDC257 #57EDC2

tetradic

#C257ED #ED7757 #82ED57 #57CDED

square

#C257ED #ED7757 #82ED57 #57CDED

split-complementary

#C257ED #CDED57 #57ED77

monochromatic

#8714B6 #AE20E7 #C257ED #D68EF3 #EAC6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C257ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#C257ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257ED

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257ED	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1881F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#538AE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF739B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.228 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88df3',
    500: '#c257ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257ed;
$custom-light: #d88df3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.8,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65309,
    "c": 0.22766,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257ED

secondary

#C5EAB5

accent

#DD0945

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257ED

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

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