#C457CA#C457CA

#C457CA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.196 H 325.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C457CA
RGB	rgb(196, 87, 202)
HSL	hsl(297, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(297, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 56.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 58.99, -40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 71.40, 325.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.1618 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.196 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8330, 22.8185, 58.3300)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C457CA #5DCA57

analogous

#8B57CA #C457CA #CA5796

triadic

#C457CA #CAC457 #57CAC4

tetradic

#C457CA #CA8B57 #5DCA57 #5796CA

square

#C457CA #CA8B57 #5DCA57 #5796CA

split-complementary

#C457CA #96CA57 #57CA8B

monochromatic

#7A287F #A737AD #C457CA #D486D9 #E5B4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C457CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C457CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C457CA

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C457CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C457CA	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#477BCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C88C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c457ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 87, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.196 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98cda',
    500: '#c457ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c457ca;
$custom-light: #d98cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c457ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.87,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63595,
    "c": 0.19627,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C457CA

secondary

#A9D6A7

accent

#DB4C54

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C457CA

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

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