#C457CD#C457CD

#C457CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.199 H 324.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C457CD
RGB	rgb(196, 87, 205)
HSL	hsl(295, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(295, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 57.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 59.53, -41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 72.68, 324.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% 0.1621 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.199 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1917, 22.9620, 60.2189)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C457CD #60CD57

analogous

#8957CD #C457CD #CD579B

triadic

#C457CD #CDC457 #57CDC4

tetradic

#C457CD #CD8957 #60CD57 #579BCD

square

#C457CD #CD8957 #60CD57 #579BCD

split-complementary

#C457CD #9BCD57 #57CD89

monochromatic

#7C2783 #A835B2 #C457CD #D586DB #E5B5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C457CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C457CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C457CD

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C457CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C457CD	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#457BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B88CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8678A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c457cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 87, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.199 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98cdd',
    500: '#c457cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c457cd;
$custom-light: #d98cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c457cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.424,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63752,
    "c": 0.19895,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C457CD

secondary

#ACD8A8

accent

#DD4A56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C457CD

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

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