#C357C8#C357C8

#C357C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.194 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C357C8
RGB	rgb(195, 87, 200)
HSL	hsl(297, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(297, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 56.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, 58.38, -39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 70.46, 325.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.1605 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.194 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3384, 22.5907, 57.0788)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C357C8 #5CC857

analogous

#8B57C8 #C357C8 #C85795

triadic

#C357C8 #C8C357 #57C8C3

tetradic

#C357C8 #C88B57 #5CC857 #5795C8

square

#C357C8 #C88B57 #5CC857 #5795C8

split-complementary

#C357C8 #95C857 #57C88B

monochromatic

#78297C #A538AA #C357C8 #D385D7 #E4B3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C357C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#C357C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C357C8

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C357C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C357C8	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#487ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C88C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c357c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 87, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.194 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88cd9',
    500: '#c357c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c357c8;
$custom-light: #d88cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c357c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.345,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63362,
    "c": 0.19396,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C357C8

secondary

#A8D5A6

accent

#DA4E54

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C357C8

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

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