#C457E6#C457E6

#C457E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.222 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C457E6
RGB	rgb(196, 87, 230)
HSL	hsl(286, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(286, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 62.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 64.24, -53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 83.75, 320.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% 0.163 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.222 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4540, 24.2669, 77.4006)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C457E6 #79E657

analogous

#7C57E6 #C457E6 #E657C1

triadic

#C457E6 #E6C457 #57E6C4

tetradic

#C457E6 #E67C57 #79E657 #57C1E6

square

#C457E6 #E67C57 #79E657 #57C1E6

split-complementary

#C457E6 #C1E657 #57E67C

monochromatic

#8719A9 #B122DE #C457E6 #D78CEE #E9C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C457E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#C457E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C457E6

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C457E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C457E6	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2980EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c457e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 87, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.222 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98dee',
    500: '#c457e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c457e6;
$custom-light: #d98dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c457e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.734,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6514,
    "c": 0.22185,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C457E6

secondary

#BFE7B2

accent

#D60F3F

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C457E6

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

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