#C257F2#C257F2

#C257F2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.232 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257F2
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 242)
HSL	hsl(281, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(281, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 64%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, 66.16, -59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 89.18, 317.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.1604 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.232 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6806, 24.6978, 86.5587)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257F2 #87F257

analogous

#7557F2 #C257F2 #F257D5

triadic

#C257F2 #F2C257 #57F2C2

tetradic

#C257F2 #F27557 #87F257 #57D5F2

square

#C257F2 #F27557 #87F257 #57D5F2

split-complementary

#C257F2 #D5F257 #57F275

monochromatic

#890FC0 #AD1EEE #C257F2 #D790F6 #EBC9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#C257F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#C257F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257F2

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257F2	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0282F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F8BEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD759D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.232 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88df7',
    500: '#c257f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257f2;
$custom-light: #d88df7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.419,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65613,
    "c": 0.23241,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257F2

secondary

#C8EDB8

accent

#E20348

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257F2

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

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