#C257EE#C257EE

#C257EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.229 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257EE
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 238)
HSL	hsl(283, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(283, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 63.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, 65.36, -57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 87.34, 318.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.1605 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.229 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0864, 24.4601, 83.4293)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257EE #83EE57

analogous

#7657EE #C257EE #EE57CE

triadic

#C257EE #EEC257 #57EEC2

tetradic

#C257EE #EE7657 #83EE57 #57CEEE

square

#C257EE #EE7657 #83EE57 #57CEEE

split-complementary

#C257EE #CEEE57 #57EE76

monochromatic

#8813B8 #AE1FE8 #C257EE #D68FF4 #EAC6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#C257EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#C257EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257EE

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257EE	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1582F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#528AEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE739B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.229 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88df4',
    500: '#c257ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257ee;
$custom-light: #d88df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.517,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65369,
    "c": 0.22861,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257EE

secondary

#C5EBB6

accent

#DE0846

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257EE

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

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