#C357CD#C357CD

#C357CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.198 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C357CD
RGB	rgb(195, 87, 205)
HSL	hsl(295, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(295, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 57.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, 59.28, -41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 72.60, 324.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.1609 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.198 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9324, 22.8283, 60.2067)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C357CD #61CD57

analogous

#8857CD #C357CD #CD579C

triadic

#C357CD #CDC357 #57CDC3

tetradic

#C357CD #CD8857 #61CD57 #579CCD

square

#C357CD #CD8857 #61CD57 #579CCD

split-complementary

#C357CD #9CCD57 #57CD88

monochromatic

#7B2783 #A735B2 #C357CD #D486DB #E5B5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C357CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#C357CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C357CD

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C357CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C357CD	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#447BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A88CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7678A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c357cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 87, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.198 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88cdd',
    500: '#c357cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c357cd;
$custom-light: #d88cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c357cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.915,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63623,
    "c": 0.19842,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C357CD

secondary

#ACD8A8

accent

#DD4A57

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C357CD

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

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