#C457E9#C457E9

#C457E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.225 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C457E9
RGB	rgb(196, 87, 233)
HSL	hsl(285, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(285, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 62.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 64.82, -55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 85.11, 319.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% 0.163 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.225 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8789, 24.4369, 79.6384)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C457E9 #7CE957

analogous

#7B57E9 #C457E9 #E957C5

triadic

#C457E9 #E9C457 #57E9C4

tetradic

#C457E9 #E97B57 #7CE957 #57C5E9

square

#C457E9 #E97B57 #7CE957 #57C5E9

split-complementary

#C457E9 #C5E957 #57E97B

monochromatic

#8817AF #B121E2 #C457E9 #D78DF0 #EAC3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C457E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#C457E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C457E9

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C457E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C457E9	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2481ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#598BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c457e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 87, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.225 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98df1',
    500: '#c457e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c457e9;
$custom-light: #d98df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c457e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.795,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65316,
    "c": 0.22466,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C457E9

secondary

#C1E8B3

accent

#D90C40

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C457E9

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

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