#C257F5#C257F5

#C257F5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.235 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C257F5
RGB	rgb(194, 87, 245)
HSL	hsl(281, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(281, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 64.5%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, 66.77, -61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 90.56, 317.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.1603 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.235 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1349, 24.8795, 88.9512)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C257F5 #8AF557

analogous

#7357F5 #C257F5 #F557D9

triadic

#C257F5 #F5C257 #57F5C2

tetradic

#C257F5 #F57357 #8AF557 #57D9F5

square

#C257F5 #F57357 #8AF557 #57D9F5

split-complementary

#C257F5 #D9F557 #57F573

monochromatic

#8A0CC6 #AD1DF2 #C257F5 #D791F8 #ECCBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#C257F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#C257F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C257F5

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C257F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C257F5	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0083FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C8BF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD769F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c257f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 87, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.235 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88df9',
    500: '#c257f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c257f5;
$custom-light: #d88df9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c257f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.633,
    "s": 88.764,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65799,
    "c": 0.23528,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C257F5

secondary

#CAEFB9

accent

#E5004A

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C257F5

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

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