#C257EF#C257EF

#C257EF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.230 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257EF
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 239)
HSL	hsl(282, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(282, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 63.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 65.56, -58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 87.80, 318.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.1605 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.23 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2337, 24.5190, 84.2052)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257EF #84EF57

analogous

#7657EF #C257EF #EF57D0

triadic

#C257EF #EFC257 #57EFC2

tetradic

#C257EF #EF7657 #84EF57 #57D0EF

square

#C257EF #EF7657 #84EF57 #57D0EF

split-complementary

#C257EF #D0EF57 #57EF76

monochromatic

#8812BA #AE1FEA #C257EF #D68FF4 #EBC7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#C257EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#C257EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257EF

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257EF	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1182F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#528AEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE749C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.230 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88df5',
    500: '#c257ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257ef;
$custom-light: #d88df5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.237,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6543,
    "c": 0.22956,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257EF

secondary

#C6ECB6

accent

#DF0647

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257EF

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

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