#C457CE#C457CE

#C457CE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.200 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C457CE
RGB	rgb(196, 87, 206)
HSL	hsl(295, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(295, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 57.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, 59.72, -42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 73.12, 324.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.1621 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.2 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3128, 23.0104, 60.8566)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C457CE #61CE57

analogous

#8957CE #C457CE #CE579D

triadic

#C457CE #CEC457 #57CEC4

tetradic

#C457CE #CE8957 #61CE57 #579DCE

square

#C457CE #CE8957 #61CE57 #579DCE

split-complementary

#C457CE #9DCE57 #57CE89

monochromatic

#7C2784 #A934B3 #C457CE #D586DC #E5B6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C457CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C457CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C457CE

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C457CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C457CE	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#447BD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A88CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8678A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c457ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 87, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.200 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98cdd',
    500: '#c457ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c457ce;
$custom-light: #d98cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c457ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.958,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63805,
    "c": 0.19983,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C457CE

secondary

#ACD8A8

accent

#DE4A56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C457CE

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

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