#C457CC#C457CC

#C457CC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.198 H 324.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C457CC
RGB	rgb(196, 87, 204)
HSL	hsl(296, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(296, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 57.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, 59.35, -41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 72.25, 325.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.162 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.198 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0713, 22.9138, 59.5852)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C457CC #5FCC57

analogous

#8957CC #C457CC #CC579A

triadic

#C457CC #CCC457 #57CCC4

tetradic

#C457CC #CC8957 #5FCC57 #579ACC

square

#C457CC #CC8957 #5FCC57 #579ACC

split-complementary

#C457CC #9ACC57 #57CC89

monochromatic

#7B2781 #A836B0 #C457CC #D486DA #E5B5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C457CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#C457CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C457CC

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C457CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C457CC	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#467BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B88C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c457cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 87, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.198 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98cdc',
    500: '#c457cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c457cc;
$custom-light: #d98cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c457cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.897,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.637,
    "c": 0.19805,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C457CC

secondary

#ABD7A8

accent

#DD4B55

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C457CC

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

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