#C457E1#C457E1

#C457E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.217 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C457E1
RGB	rgb(196, 87, 225)
HSL	hsl(287, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(287, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 61.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 63.27, -51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 81.50, 320.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.163 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.217 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7619, 23.9901, 73.7556)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C457E1 #74E157

analogous

#7F57E1 #C457E1 #E157B9

triadic

#C457E1 #E1C457 #57E1C4

tetradic

#C457E1 #E17F57 #74E157 #57B9E1

square

#C457E1 #E17F57 #74E157 #57B9E1

split-complementary

#C457E1 #B9E157 #57E17F

monochromatic

#851DA1 #B026D5 #C457E1 #D68BEA #E8BFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#C457E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#C457E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C457E1

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C457E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C457E1	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c457e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 87, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.217 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98deb',
    500: '#c457e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c457e1;
$custom-light: #d98deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c457e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.391,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6485,
    "c": 0.21719,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C457E1

secondary

#BBE4B0

accent

#D2143C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C457E1

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

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