#C457E4#C457E4

#C457E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.220 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C457E4
RGB	rgb(196, 87, 228)
HSL	hsl(286, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(286, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 61.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, 63.85, -52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 82.85, 320.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.163 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.22 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1748, 24.1552, 75.9299)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C457E4 #77E457

analogous

#7E57E4 #C457E4 #E457BE

triadic

#C457E4 #E4C457 #57E4C4

tetradic

#C457E4 #E47E57 #77E457 #57BEE4

square

#C457E4 #E47E57 #77E457 #57BEE4

split-complementary

#C457E4 #BEE457 #57E47E

monochromatic

#861BA6 #B123DB #C457E4 #D78CEC #E9C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#C457E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#C457E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C457E4

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C457E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C457E4	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C80E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c457e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 87, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.220 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98ded',
    500: '#c457e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c457e4;
$custom-light: #d98ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c457e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.383,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65023,
    "c": 0.21999,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C457E4

secondary

#BDE6B1

accent

#D4113D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C457E4

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

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